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How concerned do people actually need to be about hematocrit levels? I was at 55 on my last bloodwork but based on where I’ve had tests pre trt with HCT at 52 fully hydrated. I don’t stress about it, but I’m always interested in the providers takes on it
AlphaMD's Answer
It's one of those things that providers are always going to want to be wary of. Since you can have issues with high hematocrit they'll always err on the side of caution so they don't end up at fault by saying "ah you'll be fine" if something happens.
For us, we'll say similar things for that reason, but overall how you feel on it important too, & knowing that you were at 52 prior to TRT and only saw minor elevation getting on TRT, we'd probably consider it fine. Though since side effects are rather exponential with TRT dosing, we'd be very conservatives with dosing increases for someone like you & request you keep an eye on it if we were to raise it.
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