Can blood donation lead to fever, tender liver, achy joints, and lethargy in person?

Hello doctor,

I am a 50-year-old female weighing 150 pounds with a height of 5 feet and 4 inches and an athletic body build. I do not use drugs, nor am I on any prescriptions. I do drink about three nights a week and about 2 to 3 drinks for about three years; prior to that, only at events, I used to drink, and I quit smoking four years ago. About a year ago, I started feeling fatigue, and about four months ago, some ache and stiff joints when I wake up. I honestly just thought it was menopausal symptoms, and maybe it was. I have had a very stressful career and relationship over the last three years. I just thought I was mentally and physically exhausted. I have felt that way numerous times in the past year. I have felt I hit the wall at least three times and could not go on, but I did. So here is what has happened to me over the last three weeks and what I need your help with it. Around a month ago, I donated blood about a pint and four vials. I felt normal before, and afterward, I did feel slightly lightheaded, and I ended my day early, which is not like me. One day later, I felt better energy and drove for the weekend for about 4 hours. I felt fine overall. On this day, I tried a new supplement of 2 mg of copper; I felt fine and had a progressive dining dinner that involved four drinks over a 6-hour timeframe. The following day I felt awful. I figured it was a hangover. On the drive home, I had a headache. I took some NAC. The headache felt like a one on a scale of 1 to 10; it was just continuous and annoying. It felt like I was driving in the mountains, and even my ears popped. There were no mountains. The next day when I woke up, I felt bad, but I still went on my morning 30-minute walk. When I arrived home, I took a bath and crawled right back into bed. I thought I was coming down with a cold. I took a COVID-19 test. It came up negative, and I did not have a fever. The next day I felt the same, and I worked from home. The day later, I jumped out of bed and went straight to work. While putting on my makeup, I noticed my eyes looked very dull. For the rest of the day, I pretty much felt the same, with some decreasing energy levels. The white part of my eyes was a yellow color. It did not alert me because it was so light, and moreover, they just were not white. The day after that, by mid-morning at work, the right side under my rib cage hurt. I thought I hurt my back, but it hurt from my back through the front. I had some Tylenol, but it did not help. So I went home early. It was Friday night, and I was making dinner, drinking a glass of wine, and even before finishing the dinner, I went back to bad. I tried researching what was wrong with me because I did not feel it was the flu and my COVID-19 test was negative. I realized my liver was under my right rib, and the pain I was having was because it was swollen. My head was hurting because my liver was not processing toxins, and they were building up. I took more NAC and began drinking Pedialyte. The next day was my worst day, and I doubled down on the NAC by about 3 grams and then took raw organic crushed garlic. About 4 cloves 3 times throughout the day. I felt my liver reduce in size. The garlic drastically helped, so I did it again. I was feeling better. Until now, each day, I have improved. The pressure in my head is almost 90 percent gone. I can still feel my liver is tender, but there is a huge improvement. My joints are still a little achy when I first wake up, but they are better. What happened to me? Did donating blood set something in motion, or was that just a coincidence? I checked with the blood bank, and my blood was fine; and they do check if you have hepatitis. I was also vaccinated for hepatitis years ago. I have not drunk any alcohol for about two weeks now and certainly would not until I feel 100 percent or ever again, possibly. I would say I feel about 75 percent recovered, but it has been a few weeks, and I am worried I am only keeping it at bay, and it is not healing as fast as I would like it to. I still have some fatigue and soreness where my liver is. Here is a list of the supplements I was taking prior and then a list of what I am now taking:

Turmeric with piperine.

Vitamin E.

NAC.

Coenzyme Q10.

Wild caught cod oil.

Magnesium.

Probiotic.

Nutritional yeast.

B-complex two times a week.

Now I take:

NAC 800 mg.

Vitamin A naturally sourced with tocopherols 268 mg.

Milk Thistle extract 1000 mg.

Zinc.

Gallbladder formula (only 1 of the recommended three caps daily).

Zeolite in my electrolyte water.

For about a year now, I have eaten a very low-carbohydrate healthy diet. Only grass-fed or wild-caught protein unless at an event or dinner. Only organic or homegrown. I sprout and use microgreens from my kitchen during a meal most days. In a year, I might fast two times for three days. I always drink my electrolytes during those times and take my vitamins. Now I feel like I have to eat very small portions of food, like only a couple of bites, and stop. I have added back into my diet some berries and root vegetables with the occasional grain, more like a Mediterranean diet. I cannot think of anything I have left out except I do not have any medical conditions or use any prescription medications. My blood pressure was higher than normal for me when I gave blood. It was 130/75 mmHg. I randomly throughout the year check my glucose levels because of a family history of diabetes and stroke. It is always great at 60-80 mg/dL.

Hello doctor,

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