Donating blood also helps to clear excess iron, which can do far more damage than PCBs. Postmenopausal women and adult men of all ages run the risk of accumulating iron, especially damaging to the organs.
Have you noticed that
groups at higher risk for the wuhan coronavirus have more stored iron
?
Yes, my ferritin levels were very high at one point due to the many transfusions I’ve had. The iron from donors blood accumulated in me. There’s a couple ways to treat this.
Either blood letting (if iron is that high, you can’t donate. Plus, as an aml patient - I can not donate). The other way is via alpheresis. (Similar to dialysis, but the ferritin is removed).
Fortunately, the levels corrected themselves to a point where I didn’t need to do either. But, I’ll always be at risk. It’s not a big concern as treating it is pretty easy.