#hemoglobin normal range

[mars-ipan]

everyone needs to be kind to every nurse forever actually

[diabetes-health-corner]

Foods To Increase Hemoglobin

Increasing hemoglobin levels through diet and supplements is a practical approach to managing and preventing anemia. By incorporating iron-rich foods, enhancing iron absorption with vitamin C, and considering necessary supplements, you can effectively boost your hemoglobin levels. This process is essential for keeping tissues and organs oxygenated and functioning properly.

Read more to know sources of Foods To Increase Hemoglobin: https://www.freedomfromdiabetes.org/blog/post/foods-to-increase-hemoglobin/3999

[diabetesreversalprograminindia]

Best Foods for Increasing Hemoglobin Naturally?

This article is originally published on Freedom from Diabetes website, available here.

What is Hemoglobin (Hb)?

Hemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body and returns carbon dioxide back to the lungs. Each hemoglobin molecule can carry four oxygen molecules because of the iron it contains. This process is essential for keeping tissues and organs oxygenated and functioning properly. Your hemoglobin level have to be in normal range. It ensure that tissues and organs receive the oxygen they need to all functions properly.

Lets understand the hemoglobin normal range in men and women. Hemoglobin levels may varies depending on age, gender, and overall health.

Men: 13.8 to 17.2 grams per deciliter (g/dL) Women: 12.1 to 15.1 grams per deciliter (g/dL)

Now lets understand how to increase the Hemoglobin?

Certain foods are rich in iron and other nutrients which are good for hemoglobin production. You have include these foods in to your diet.

Legumes, Lentils, chickpeas, beans, and peas provide non-heme iron.

Leafy Greens: Spinach, kale, and collard greens are high in non-heme iron.

Nuts and Seeds: Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and cashews are good sources of non-heme iron.

Fortified Cereals and Grains: Many cereals and whole grains are fortified with iron.

Vitamin C-Rich Foods: Oranges, lemons, and grapefruits help enhance iron absorption. Also include Strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries are high in vitamin C.

Vitamin B12-Rich Foods include Milk, cheese, and yogurt.

Increasing Hemoglobin Through Supplements

Iron Supplements available in various forms, including ferrous fumarate, ferrous gluconate, and ferrous sulfate. Which is good for hemoglobin production.

Vitamin C Supplements can enhance the absorption of non-heme iron from plant-based sources.

Folate Supplements: Folate or folic acid supplements can be taken to address deficiencies that contribute to low hemoglobin levels.

Vitamin B12 Supplements, available as oral supplements, injections, or sublingual tablets for those with B12 deficiency.

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[harmeet-saggi]

Exploring Blood Sugar Tests: What's The HbA1c Test And How Does It Compare To The Glucose Test?

Are you curious about your blood sugar levels? Do you wonder about the differences between the HbA1c test and the glucose test? we will delve into the world of blood sugar tests, focusing on the HbA1c test and comparing it to the glucose test. We'll explore what these tests mean, what their normal ranges are, and their importance in managing diabetes and overall health. So, let's embark on this journey to demystify blood sugar testing.

[thebibliosphere]

"@feed-the-roses some people struggle to absorb things that aren't pre-methylated (it's a gene defect) I was anemic for 30+ years before I switched to methylated folate and my body could suddenly process iron."

Why, why have none of my doctors told me this in the 7+ years I've been trying different iron supplements that all make my intestines feel like death? They all just say, "Oh, your hemoglobin is [currently] within normal ranges, so you're fine." Never mind my ferritin is at a 3 or 4 and I'm always tired. (Never mind that I have a family history of bleeding disorders.) *screeches*

So, can you get that over the counter, or...?

... not to project my trauma onto you, but how are your b12 and homocysteine levels?

Also, yeah, you can absolutely buy it otc. Look for L-methylfolate or a b complex with 'methyl support.'

If you're in the US and have any allergies, the brands I alternate between are Pure Encapsulations and Thorne. They're generally good about not adding extra junk in.

[uncanny-tranny]

The interesting thing about medically transitioning is how you might just be treated with the wrong framework.

When I get my hormone levels checked, for instance, they check it against the wrong type of person, so everything is flagged. Did you know that testosterone encourages hemoglobin production? Well, my hemoglobin is perfectly in line with male levels, but my levels are checked for the wrong endocrine system. Before I realized this, I was really confused as to why my hemoglobin was two grams over the range given, and was confused as to why that happened, and worried about if I should be worried about that. But it was a normal consequence of my testosterone levels, which are also flagged though they are well-within the range that is typical for my age and health categories.

The way we treat and measure for trans people and trans patients will affect the treatment and education they receive. There are ways in which hormones especially can influence how one's body operates, and with that in mind, you also have to change the way you interact with a trans person. With my testosterone levels, if you were to measure them against the incorrect endocrine system, you would fail to treat me in reality - that being the way my body has changed and maintained homeostasis since being on T.

[tinybrie]

I was thinking. What if dying is what saved Danny’s life at some other point

Context: (this is all based off my understanding of how my hematologist explained it and I didn’t bother googling stuff with my headache so feel free to correct any med stuff here)

My platelet levels are slightly above the normal range. Now, I’ve had dengue twice, and having too many platelets at a normal time means that I didn’t have to bleed from my gums or something when my platelet levels dropped due to dengue. The catch is that my platelets are high because my red something is a bit low (hemoglobin or rbc, i cannot remember sorry) which means i need iron supplements.

Now back to dpxdc

What if dying means that some hormone or health indicator or something was just permanently above or below average for Danny. It doesn’t affect anything, it’s just there- a fact of half-life.

Now Oracle is alarmed when during some routine city CCTV checks she sees some sketchy movement in the Botanical Gardens. A quick check from one of the bats reveals a skinny teenager with a basket of leaves and flowers.

An hour later, Selina is calling Bruce to say Ivy is annoyed his brood made “her kiddo” skip his “greens”

Dying means danny gets to enjoy veggies+ and tea+. They don’t make him hyper like realms-grown plant. Instead he gets vitamins or something from them like a human and non-Ivy-touched plants.

(I realize this kinda side tracked and is no longer saving danny’s half life but i would love to see if anyone writes a prompt or ficlet or something about more on the irony of “dying saved my life” instead of whatever my prompt evolved into)

[justkidneying]

ANOTHER regen question!

Let's see if I phrase this one right it's been rolling in my brain a bit

Assumptions are the character heals a slower than Wolverine and they've just suffered some serious blood loss. Like they lost ~3L of it and the wound has now closed up and the body's working to create as much blood as possible.

Given how bone marrow is where blood comes from, what sorts of things might they have to deal with in the recovery period? Like, as the body is taxing the marrow like that (and/or whatever else it has to)?

I'm going to assume this is a ~200lb man, just to give some leeway. So a big guy like this would have maybe 6 liters of blood in him (most humans range from 4-6 L). If he loses ~3 L, I would say he would probably just die. If blood loss is >40%, that's a Class IV hemorrhage, which presents with absent peripheral pulses, hypotension (low blood pressure), and no peepee output. This person will go into hemorrhagic shock. Since they lack the oxygen-carrying hemoglobin that is found in blood, they will not be able to supply oxygen to their tissues. This stops the usually metabolic processes and switches the body to anaerobic metabolism, which makes lactic acid and very little ATP (energy). Lactic acid leads to acidosis. Acidosis leads to cell death, coma, and plain ole death. He will die.

But wait! He's got regenetative powers to save him, right? No. If his powers aren't magical, then he will still die. Because regeneration is based on being able to replicate cells very quickly, he would need to do it fast enough to beat the cells that are dying. Unfortunately, he doesn't have enough ATP to do normal cell stuff and make a bunch more. Replication of cells requires a lot of ATP (energy). So he will still die.

Now, let me answer the second question, and we will go back to when he is still alive. Let's change it so he only lost ~30% of his blood volume (1.8L). He's still not doing good (he has Class III hemorrhage) but he can live. This will present with pallor, coolness in the limbs, altered mental status, narrowing blood pressure (the top and bottom numbers are getting close together), increased respiratory rate, and increased heart rate. The body is trying to keep blood flow to the vital organs. Let's say he survives and now he's home and trying to recover.

Blood has a lot of things in it, but the important bits are plasma (the liquid bit which makes up ~55% of blood), red blood cells (they carry oxygen), platelets (for clotting) and white blood cells (part of the immune system).

The most important one here are the RBCs. 90% of plasma is water, and you won't die right away without the other ones. The body measures RBCs through the kidney. If the kidney sees that you don't have enough of them, then it sends a hormone (EPO) to the spongey inner bone where blood is made. EPO causes more stem cells to turn into RBCs (instead of WBCs or platelets). To make these, you need iron. The iron stores of the body will be used, and you will take up more iron from your food.

Overall, I'd say the guy will feel like shit, and he should probably take a break for about 3 months while he replinishes his blood supply. He should eat foods high in iron, maybe take an iron supplement. But he'll be anemic while he recovers and be low on those other blood cells. Honestly, his regen powers aren't that useful here. They were useful in fixing whatever caused the blood loss, keeping him from losing a ton of cells to blood supply issues, and that's about it. If he doesn't have an advanced factor, then he can't really be helped with making more RBCs.

I hope I answered your question, and thank you very much for asking it!

[basedtater]

PLANNED PARENTHOOD IS STILL RUNNING MY BLOOD TESTS AS FEMALE SO MY HEMOGLOBIN AND HEMOCRIT ARE HIGH BUT GUESS FUCKING WHAT

THEY'RE NORMAL FOR MALE RANGES

I'm so fuckin tired my dudes if they try to do some kind of "we need to lower your t because of this" bullshit I'm gonna FIGHT someone

[goodnessofclit]

Trans women in sports: recent research summary

The conscious exclusion of male athletes from female sports has enabled the production of elite level of female athletes rather than male. To suppose that male advantage in sports could be removed would require extraordinary evidence. There is currently no substantial scientific evidence that this male biological advantage can be removed.

Testosterone suppression as a way to fairly include trans women in female sports has been highly contested and largely discredited. Over the past two decades there have been over a dozen published research papers for a total of some 800 participants which investigated the effect of testosterone suppression on muscle mass, and in some instances muscle strength, in transgender women. Below is a summary of the most recent research from 2020-2022: Summary: 

Wiik et al., 2020:  There was minimal loss of muscle mass or strength in transgender women following 12 months of testosterone suppression, and some subjects gained strength. After treatment transgender women remained 48% stronger, with 35% larger quadriceps mass compared with the control population of females.

Roberts et al., 2020 found that transgender women still retain a competitive advantage 2 years after hormone treatment. Transwomen still had a 9% faster mean run speed after the 1 year period of testosterone suppression that is recommended by World Athletics for inclusion in women’s events.

Hilton and Lundberg, 2021 conclude: “Superior anthropometric, muscle mass and strength parameters achieved by males at puberty, and underpinning a considerable portion of the male performance advantage over females, are not removed by the current regimen of testosterone suppression permitting participation of transgender women in female sports categories. Rather, it appears that the male performance advantage remains substantial.”

Harper et al., 2021 found: “Hormone therapy decreases strength, LBM [lean body mass] and muscle area, yet values remain above that observed in cisgender women, even after 36 months. These findings suggest that strength may be well preserved in transwomen during the first 3 years of hormone therapy.” Heather et al., 2022 provides a critical review, reporting: “The existing data suggests that lowering testosterone to less than 10 nmol/L for 12 months decreases muscle mass but not to biological female levels and despite the decrease in mass, muscle strength can be maintained, especially if concurrently exercising. Estrogen therapy does not affect most of the anatomical structures in the biological male that provide a physiological benefit. Hemoglobin levels are lowered by estrogen therapy, and consequently, maximum aerobic effort may be lower, but this parameter will only be manifested if testosterone levels are suppressed to levels within the biological female range and maintained for extended periods of time. Reported studies show it is difficult to continuously suppress testosterone in transgender women. Given that the percentage difference between medal placings at the elite level is normally less than 1%, there must be confidence that an elite transwoman athlete retains no residual advantage from former testosterone exposure, where the inherent advantage depending on sport could be 10–30%. Current scientific evidence can not provide such assurances and thus, under abiding rulings, the inclusion of transwomen in the elite female division needs to be reconsidered for fairness to female-born athletes.”

[bleachbleachbleach]

Holy Hospital Monitor!

Was anyone else besides me utterly surprised when we saw Rukia and Renji in the trauma center and then we got a shot of a very modern looking patient monitor???

It wasn’t the presence of the monitor that surprised me — more of that fact that I never considered shinigami to have biological bodies. In my mind, they are made up of reishi particles that happen to take the approximate form of a human body. Why would their vital monitoring equipment look anything like the ones for humans?? This is still utterly amazing to me. I couldn’t help but see how their bodies might work though.

Taking a closer look:

First of all, the top and bottom monitors on the left side read exactly the same, so LOL? Renji and Rukia are of one heart/mind/soul and apparently also, vital signs. Let’s just assume the bottom monitor is a duplicate of one patient for some reason. We are told that both patients are “stable” but I don’t think "stable" necessarily means “identical” LOL.

At first I thought this monitor belonged to Rukia, because we get this shot while she is talking. However, upon closer examination, it has to be Renji’s because he is the only one on a ventilator. And this monitor set up is measuring end tidal CO2 (EtCO2), which is only possible if there’s something on the face to measuring breathing. Although, I guess it is possible that Soul Society has made some medical/technological advances so that they would have a non-invasive way of measuring breathing. But Rukia is also talking during this scene, which would mess up her breathing anyway, and the monitor remains steady the entire time. So, back to Renji. 

EtCO2: End tidal CO2. At 42 mmHg this falls within normal range. But, this is… not exactly a normal waveform. The breaths are a bit short  with somewhat of an obstructive/bronchospasm pattern. Someone should probably take a look at him to make sure he’s breathing correctly and there’s nothing wrong with the ventilator.

BP: Blood pressure. I’d like to point out this is very close to that 120/80 number that gets cited all the time, which is at the top end of what is considered “normal.” The mean arterial pressure (MAP) is 95, which is also normal and means there’s good perfusion to the organs and extremities! Renji gets a gold star for textbook blood pressure. Considering he had some massive blood loss though, I would be very surprised if he had normal blood pressure… I suppose they could’ve given him a blood transfusion and probably got him on a really impressive fluid regimen and pressers lol. The waveform on the big monitor looks kind of weird too though? The dicrotic notch is pretty flat and the waveforms are pretty spaced out… Maybe they’re measuring from a central line that’s in a distal extremity, like a foot. As for the waveform on the small monitor… I think that’s supposed to be another arterial blood pressure but LOL it looks like it’s coming from a different person. It’s on a different scale, but the pulses look way faster regardless.

SpO2: Oxygen saturation. At 97% this is a normal reading. This measures the amount of oxygen-saturated hemoglobin, so this suggests shinigami have normal blood like humans…? I have no idea what’s going on with the waveform though, because this doesn’t look like anything I’ve seen. The waveforms are facing the wrong way….? 

HR: Heart rate (and ECG/EKG). 72bpm is a normal heart rate for an average adult human. However, given that Renji is 1) unconscious and 2) in very good cardiologic shape, this seems a little high to me. I have no baseline to compare this to though. Maybe shinigami have little rabbit hearts or something and this is a low resting HR. This EKG reading though… OH BOY. People spend many years learning how to properly read EKGs, so I’m not even going to try and diagnose what’s going on here. There’s a whole lot of noise in the R-R interval (the line between the tall peaks), which could be indicative of some kind of fibrillation, except it’s also regularly irregular. Suffice to say, this is not what a normal waveform looks like. Maybe this is proof of shinigami hearts working differently?

Conclusion: Well, all the waveforms are consistent (stable), if a little wonky by human monitoring standards. The numbers (EtCO2, BP, HR, and SpO2) all read normally too! Interesting to consider that maybe no matter what, the metrics needed to sustain life are the same as they are for humans, but the internal workings of the body (the pattern waveforms) are completely different!

[madamlaydebug]

Some of the most common causes of green skin are anemia and discoloration from wearing certain kinds of jewelry. In some cases, this condition can also be associated with severe health problems, such as multiple organ failure. It is also possible for green skin to simply be the result of bruising, though skin discolored in this way will generally be highly localized and exhibit a range of hues as it heals. Unless the discoloration is obviously localized to a bruise or linked to wearing jewelry, only a medical professional can properly diagnose the problem.

Hypochromic anemia, once commonly known aschlorosis, is one potential cause of green skin. This condition results in the red blood cells lacking the normal level of hemoglobin that normally gives them their red color. Consequently, people with hypochromic anemia sometimes exhibit a green pallor to their skin. Other symptoms of the condition can include shortness of breath, headaches, and a lack of appetite, while potential causes include B6 deficiency, low iron absorption, certain types of infections, or even lead poisoning.

[oh-yes-i-did-not]

I’m just gonna come out and say that “your labs look okay!” doesn’t mean shit unless you know what labs the doctor ordered and more importantly why. What are they thinking and what do they want to check?

Yeah my labs looked fine because they included white cell count, hemoglobin, inflammation tests, and some vitamins, with some other standard tests.

What wasn’t fine was the red blood cell size, ferritin, and saturation. None of those were fine. But you didn’t order those tests because apparently you didn’t believe me when I said I was prone to iron anemia so ofc my labs looked fine.

And oh yeah, just a useful tip for the future, you can be iron deficient and anemic even if your hemoglobin is within the normal range. Mine is like barely, within a few points, and I was happy since I’ve mostly been under that for my entire life. I didn’t know that. I thought a doctor would. But I guess not. Had to pay for the additional labs myself =)

So yeah, I’m still suffering through the most miserable course of iron supplements that I’ve ever had the displeasure of going through, because I can’t take them daily. Fuck, I can barely take two a week, even the “mild and stomach friendly” ones so I’m going on full blown course of strong ones, since it’s all the same, and I’ve been pooping black two or three times a day for a months.

But like, I wouldn’t know I need to try this unless I had checked it myself. I don’t know yet if it has worked. With my supplements pace, I’m thinking of going to tests around late August, to see what, if anything, has improved. But at least my head isn’t spinning all the time anymore and I don’t get so painfully winded so I do know it is working on something.

[foxymoxynoona]

Omg. You had a surgery? Please be rested and take care of yourself. What surgery did you have btw? Is it too painful now?

Fun fact: this surgery for this type of rare tumor I guess has never been done before and my surgeon joked he's going to name it after me 😂😁 I'll put more info below the cut for those who don't want medical stuff on their TL.

I had a VERY large tumor in my small intestines --now confirmed to be totally benign, but no one understands how it got that big or why because it just doesn't happen. My surgeon couldn't believe I hadn't already had an emergency blockage, it was so big. It's also been taking all my blood and nutrients for a while, so my nutrition is, as they put it, "shitty." Mainly I just was aware I've had really really bad anemia for the past few years, and I was hospitalized in May with a hemoglobin of 5 (which you basically die under, that's so critically low.) They weren't sure what would be necessary to remove the tumor, so I had an open exploratory laparotomy where they basically just go in and figure it out, but we had expected I would need a whipple procedure which is a VERY risky precedure where they remove a bunch of your digestive organs and re-route what's left. (I can explain more why if anyone is curious, I learned a lot about it haha.) FORTUNATELY once they got in there, I didn't need the whipple! They were able to remove the tumor and only my gallbladder and a couple bile ducts along the way.

Even this was still a major surgery though with lots of risks and I've had a few complications that wound up lengthening my hospital stay. 2 days after surgery, I developed a leak which can be a fatal complication or need an emergency surgery to fix, so that was scary, but my body managed to maintain and fix it all on its own after some scary days and only minor assistive procedures! I kept having random white blood cell increases they feared were infections but then I'd fight them off. They also put me on IV nutrition through a PICC line to try and repair my malnourishment as best they could, but also because I can't eat a normal amount of calories yet, so my blood and nutrition levels are still not back to normal ranges but improving!

I finally got to come home after 13 days. It's still early recovery days and I'm still on soft food diet and strict rest and have follow up appointments and all that, but I'm doing a little better each day! It's been a really scary journey getting here, but hopefully things can continue to improve from here. The pain is pretty bad and I have a gnarly midline scar now but I'm coping and it's getting better and and someday soon I may feel better than I've felt in years so that would be really great! And hopefully no more scary life-threatening hospital stays or anemia!

[manjitkaur]

What is Anemia? What are its Symptoms?

Anemia

Anemia is the result of not having enough healthy red blood cells and hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the body. Hemoglobin is a protein found in red blood cells that carries oxygen to the lungs to all other organs of the body Having anemia can cause tiredness, weakness, and shortness of breath.

There are many types of anemia. Each has its cause. Anemia can last a long time or a short time. It can range from mild to critical. Anemia can be a warning sign of a serious illness. Treatment for anemia control involves taking supplements or having a medical procedure.

Symptoms of Anemia 

Shortness of Breath: This feeling is when you can’t inhale or exhale in a deep breath.

Fatigue and Weakness: In this feeling, you feel tired and dizzy.  unsteady on your feet. Sometimes you are sluggish about your activities.

Irregular Heartbeat: Under this condition, your heart rate is not normal; irregular changes are occurring. 

Headache: Due to the deficiency of iron, anemia caused by low hemoglobin may cause headaches.

Pale or yellow skin: Your skin color becomes yellower than usual.

Chest Pain: It is another symptom of anemia that may feel like something is pressing on or squeezing your chest.

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[sweetdreamspootypie]

I don't want to clog up that post. So. It was my hemoglobin. Which is supposed to be between a 12 and 16. I was regularly dropping down to like below a 9 and getting iron infusions and blood transfusions about it. Hemotoloist oncologist told me to my face i just didn't make my own blood.

So I sort of like patiently waited until i was certain it was low enough to stir action and went to a different hospital system ER and told them i didn't feel great and that I was known to be anemic and the two things might be connected. They drew my blood. Ran it. My hemoglobin was a 4. And 2 days later I was essentially cured of cancer. Though you're never actually cured only in remission. But they fully removed all the current cancer. And 2 years later we're cleaning up the mess 5 years of cancer caught on the brink of death created.

[in response to my tag comments on a recent post about doctors ignoring people until they almost die, and @maximum-mom's anecdote about it]

Fuuuuuuuck

Definitely a scenario where a second opinion is warranted. Like. OK. Body doesn't Go. Can we get a 'why' somewhere here or maybe a plan even for making it Go??

A quick Google says you're probably looking at Hb levels in grams per deciliter 12 - 16 normal range, whereas I'm more familiar with numbers as grams per litre, where the normal range is apparently 120 - 160.

There's definitely protocols at my hospital around 'if this, then that' for managing it. The only part that I know off the top of my head is that if Hb is below 80 (or possibly 75) we do a unit of red blood cells

So on your system that would be below 8.

And you ran in at 40 on mine.

Still bonkers.

Talk about medical people normalising the abnormal.

And yours was so objectively visible?? Number goes down?? That's not even Symptoms Syndrome(tm) that's a flat out broken leg of a thing

I'm so sorry you went through that and we're treated that way

I hope you continue to do well