High red blood count

[BabaJagga]

Do you ever feel light headed or dizzy?

sometimes when i stand up, for few seconds. other than that, no, no issues.

 

[BabaJagga]

"They found that people who had low diastolic blood pressure (60 to 69 mm Hg) were twice as likely to have subtle evidence of heart damage compared with people whose diastolic blood pressure was 80 to 89 mm Hg. Low diastolic values were also linked with a higher risk of heart disease and death from any cause over 21 years."

Can your blood pressure be too low? - Harvard Health

In people with heart disease, lowering diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number) to less than 70 mm Hg may increase the risk of heart attack, heart failure, and death....

www.health.harvard.edu

I don't know what to make of this. I have never even heard of this issue before.

well, shit. idk, my best bet is to be monitored by cardiologist.
cause that thickening of LHV runs in my family, i have scheaduled hearth checks yearly i think. so far, no issues.

 

[Eddie.]

"They found that people who had low diastolic blood pressure (60 to 69 mm Hg) were twice as likely to have subtle evidence of heart damage compared with people whose diastolic blood pressure was 80 to 89 mm Hg. Low diastolic values were also linked with a higher risk of heart disease and death from any cause over 21 years."

Can your blood pressure be too low? - Harvard Health

In people with heart disease, lowering diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number) to less than 70 mm Hg may increase the risk of heart attack, heart failure, and death....

www.health.harvard.edu

I don't know what to make of this. I have never even heard of this issue before.

Neither did i, until i searched it because of my low diastolic. That's why i said it would be better if he adds sodium and raise both diastolic and systolic. 105/50 sounds more harmful than 125/70, but that's just my bro way of thinking ofc and not a medical advice.

 

[BabaJagga]

anyway guys, i got back partial results (CBC only) from blood draw

from my point it looks okay?
as im learning, im using chatgpt to help me with results and it looks like its okay so far?

RBC is bit higher but in range, hemoglobin looks fine, hematocryt also.

edit: it was morning 30min after i woke up, hydrated with standard 1-1,2l of water. thats pretty much my morning water intake. im basicly on blast since end of january. good to continue?

 

[Deezznutzz]

Also question about hydrating. I was pounding water the last two days before the test this morning. But will I still be dehydrated if I tested early morning and only had a glass of water beforehand. Wasn't sure if going all night long with no water while sleeping would affect the results?

2 days before Labs you need to keep track of your water you need to drink one gallon two days before and one gallon the next day of the test. If you do that you will be plenty hydrated. If you really want to get your numbers down do a double red and then sign up at another company and don't tell them you donated like 30 days later and donate a second double red it's not the smartest thing in the world. But your numbers will drop dramatically and then you can lower your trt dose and it should help you out a lot faster.

 

[Deezznutzz]

Youll have artificially low rbc and hct for about 2 months after donating so have to wait for accurate readings

Incorrect.

 

[pullup1000]

Its doesn't even need overtraining. Just standard endurance training reduces haematocrit -so called "sports anaemia"- partly by increasing plasma volume and partly by wearing out old less functional red cells quicker.

Red blood cells in sports: effects of exercise and training on oxygen supply by red blood cells - PMC

During exercise the cardiovascular system has to warrant substrate supply to working muscle. The main function of red blood cells in exercise is the transport of O2 from the lungs to the tissues and the delivery of metabolically produced CO2 to the ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

How soon to see the effect? I mean is it plausible to do a heavy session followed by 45 mins cardio and go straight for blood work? Would it reduce the HCT count?

 

[malfeasance]

No.

Long term.

 

[HUGE McBIGLARGE]

This is not good at all, it looks like it is but it's not. Diastolic is very, very low. I have the same problem but in my case systolic is a bit lower too so pulse pressure is lower. In your case you have a pulse pressure of 64 which is on the high side. Optimal pp is up to 40. In other words, if your bp was 115-80 it would be way better and the sad thing is you can't do nothing to just raise diastolic bp alone.

I’ve got low DBP, slightly high SBP, and consequently a high PP.

I’ve done a lot of reading, and all of the studies showing a low DBP or high PP are unhealthy are observational studies.

Does low DBP and a high PP cause health issues? Or are unhealthy people simply more likely to have a low DBP and high PP?

It’s the same deal with HDL cholesterol. High HDL confers associated health benefits, yet pharmacologically inducing high HDL doesn’t come with the same benefits. This shows that high HDL is primarily a symptom and not a cause of good health.

There’s a lot of contradictory literature. I’ve seen one study say PP doesn’t matter at all and MAP matters more. And I’ve seen one say the exact opposite.

Based on my bro knowledge it seems that keeping SBP down matters most, then MAP down, then PP down, then keeping DBP up. Assuming all are equally and proportionately “bad”. Obviously if your SBP is 121 but your DBP is 2 then I’d be more worried about the DBP.

And to really make shit confusing, “athletes” (which totally includes me) tend to have lower DBP and a wider PP, yet this is an expected finding and isn’t as deleterious to health when compared to non-athletes with similar blood pressures.