I have it as well. I was told my chronic anemia was a symptom. I didn’t think we could give blood products. I was on iron supplements for a while.
I have never tried to give blood so I don’t know but that would make sense. Plasma might be different and supposedly plasma donation is better for getting rid of the iron.
My ferritin is always slightly high
Here is what I have been told for my version - which is Beta Thalassemia. Don’t take iron. Drs will prescribe it and I have to remind them I have thalassemia. I just live with the funky blood cells dying off.
Most Drs don’t have a clue. It’s just a word they have heard in Med School ;-)