Guest guest Posted September 4, 2010 Report Share Posted September 4, 2010 ....based on this information, would it stand to reason that someone with a high iron count (or maybe even hemocrhromotosis would experience more colds or more severe viruses? hmmm... the reason I ask is because I had a high ferritin count a few years back and experienced the worst 'flu/cold" of my life, since then other issues have come up, but that's what started the health spiral down to current Grave's disease. From: West <clairewest@...>iodine Sent: Sat, September 4, 2010 6:54:58 AMSubject: Re: Re: New to the group Trish,> just thought i'd mention that if you are low in iron you won't get > colds etc because the viruses need iron .Wow! What an important nugget of info for me. I went for about 25 years never catching a cold or the flu and could not figure that out -- since I was so chronically ill with chronic fatigue syndrome. But I had been off and on anemic since my late teens (once getting down to a 7 on my lab test!) and I suppose whatever iron might have been in my body was taken up by the CF virus. After a while, I began thinking that maybe my body was just too "busy" handling the CF to allow for a cold on top of that -- but this surely is a better explanation. Thanks so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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