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Par for the course in many using AAS. But surely no one concerned with your health would tell you to go higher on Hct/Hgb unless there was thorough understanding of your personal plasma viscosity values. High whole blood viscosity is a thing and you should understand the risks. Primary concern is not clotting/stroke but long term wear and tear on your heart and endothelium.
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Long story short....Hct is not the full story and only part of the equation that determines whole blood viscosity.
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Par for the course in many using AAS. But surely no one concerned with your health would tell you to go higher on Hct/Hgb unless there was thorough understanding of your personal plasma viscosity values. High whole blood viscosity is a thing and you should understand the risks. Primary concern is not clotting/stroke but long term wear and tear on your heart and endothelium.
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Hematocrit drives Blood Viscosity- Does that Matter in Men on TRT? Effect of Altitude?
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Plasma viscosity: a forgotten variable - PubMed
Evaluation of plasma viscosity has been underutilized in the clinical practice. Plasma viscosity is determined by water-content and macromolecular components. Plasma is a highly concentrated protein solution, therefore weak protein-protein interactions can play a role that is not characterized...
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Long story short....Hct is not the full story and only part of the equation that determines whole blood viscosity.
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TRT and Cardiovascular Disease
Testosterone replacement therapy and cardiovascular disease (2022) Jeremy M. Auerbach and Mohit Khera The use of testosterone therapy has a complex history of apprehension and questions regarding its safety. Despite an eventual consensus that testosterone therapy was safe and effective...
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The clinical significance of Hct > 54% (or 48 or 50 or 52 or 50.45667) will never be *known* since on its own it is an incomplete metric or proxy for whole blood viscosity. Plasma viscosity (almost always overlooked) must be considered together with Hct to get a more accurate view of whole blood viscosity.
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