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"contracted"
"Contracted" usually means dehydrated--remembering that your body can compensate and not show all the signs of dehydration. Blood vessels can constricted, heart rate can increase to allow "normal" functions. I was loosing blood quickly (and more of it) as compared to a normal menstrual cycle so I did lose blood volume and compensated for a few days. Dehydration does give a false reading of how much hemoglobin is available to carry oxygen. In the absence of bleeding, I have no idea how this might apply to a man. I wish you the best. 
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Wife and mother of three young boys, diagnosed at age 39 with AA 2007; treated with ATG and cyclosporine; progressed to MDS end of 2012; MUD on June 26, 2013.
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