Oil is the life blood of the engine. It is exactly the same but different.You have to ask a whole bunch of oil nerds instead of trusting your doctor,
May be there is similarities between blood and oil.
Do I need iron supplement or no?
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Good thought.
My low hemoglobin turned up after a routine physical c. November 2006. My hemoglobin was 119. I went back for more bloodwork, to confirm it wasn't bad labwork. This time it was worse: 114.
Given my near-vegetarian diet and my regular blood donations, the doctor thought iron pills would be a good first step.
With iron supplementation, my hemoglobin bounced back quickly.
I had run a reasonably respectable leg of a marathon in mid-June of that year, and had done some intense hiking in the Rockies in July, but felt I had underperformed in both situations. I attributed it to getting older, but later figured I would have done much better with higher hemoglobin.
No problems since then. Cycled c. 110 km today and felt pretty good.
Good to hear. Depending on age and your answers to questions the doctor might have had you do a Hemocult test. If that was positive then more examination is required.
