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Originally Posted by luperona9
I thought it was actually recommended for high iron persons to donate in order to lower their count.
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Donating whole blood lowers iron. Doing the few hours on the platelet machine raises your iron level or can. My brother has a hereditary iron overload condition and donates blood to knock it down as do a number of my relatives. He cannot do platelets because of this disease. I do not have it.
Hereditary Hemochromatosis - American Family Physician