Iron deficiency anemia symptoms and treatment

Learn about iron deficiency anemia with anemia symptoms or signs and anemia treatment in this video!

WHAT IS IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA:
Iron deficiency anaemia is caused by lack of iron, often because of blood loss or pregnancy. It's treated with iron tablets prescribed by a GP and by eating iron-rich foods.

Check if you have iron deficiency anaemia,
Symptoms can include:
• Tiredness and lack of energy
• Shortness of breath
• Noticeable heartbeats (heart palpitations)
• Pale skin

Less common symptoms of iron deficiency anaemia (that are not usually connected to pregnancy) include:
• Headaches
• Hearing ringing, buzzing or hissing noises inside your head (tinnitus)
• Food tasting strange
• Feeling itchy
• A sore tongue
• Hair loss – you notice more hair coming out when brushing or washing it
• Wanting to eat non-food items, such as paper or ice (pica)
• Finding it hard to swallow (dysphagia)
• Painful open sores (ulcers) in the corners of your mouth
• Spoon-shaped nails
• Restless legs syndrome

You must see your healthcare professional if you have symptoms of iron deficiency anaemia - A simple blood test will confirm if you're anaemic.

TREATMENT OF IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA:
Things you can do yourself:
If your diet is partly causing your iron deficiency anaemia, your healthcare professional will tell you what foods are rich in iron so you can eat more of them.

Eat and drink more:
• Dark-green leafy vegetables like watercress and curly kale
• Cereals and bread with extra iron in them (fortified)
• Meat
• Dried fruit like apricots, prunes and raisins
• Pulses (beans, peas and lentils)

Eat and drink less (Large amounts of these foods and drinks make it harder for your body to absorb iron):
• Tea
• Coffee
• Milk and dairy
• Foods with high levels of phytic acid, such as wholegrain cereals, which can stop your body absorbing iron from other foods and pills

You might be referred to a specialist dietitian if you're finding it hard to include iron in your diet.

WHEN TO SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE FOR ANEMIA:
You must see your healthcare professional if you have symptoms of iron deficiency anaemia - A simple blood test will confirm if you're anaemic.

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About this video: Searching about iron deficiency anemia? In this video, Advanced Medical Practitioner Abraham Khodadi, MPharm(Hons)IPresc MScACP shares iron deficiency anemia symptoms or signs and anemia treatment!

[timculhane]

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[cliodhnamalone]

i love the irony of you holding caffeine

[Timbued]

This information helped, Last August I saw 6 doctors who all kept saying "It's probably Anxiety" And didn't bother doing any tests with me. my energy levels kept plummeting, my hands and feet where freezing and my heart rate was going crazy later in the day every day without fail... It was only recently I told my doctors that enough is enough and that i wanted blood tests to see why I'm feeling this way and to their surprise I was diagnosed with low Folate anaemia. I can't believe it took 8 months for a doctor here in the UK to take me seriously :/

[kittybala]

Dear Abraham I had the symptoms you mentioned. I booked a appointment with my gp. I had blood test done 2 weeks. My gp said I have anaemia. I am on tablets now. Awesome video and very useful

[castlenovelistBOOKS]

My mother said I just looked really, really pale, slept a lot, and didn't really move or function because I was so pale. I almost had to receive a blood transfusion for it, and then they eventually put me on medication that I didn't even take. Apparently, you just become really tired and pale-looking; extremely cool to the touch. Other people around me noticed it, too, and mentioned it to me. Someone asked: "Is she okay?" But yeah, apparently it's really serious.

[wanjirunyambura]

I have mad craving for raw rice😢😢i literally munched a lot of raw rice daily. I didn't know i was aneamic until I fainted onthe street and went to see the doctor who informed me i have chronic anemia. I am on medication now and feel better and less craves the raw rice

[tracymcgrath]

I’m a heterozygous carrier of the major HH gene. My hair was falling out, weak, breathless, depressed. For more than a year. I just got my labs back, iron very low, tibc just made normal, almost high, tsat was less than 10%. My D is 5, bought me a new 50, 000iu script. The D was previously treated with that dose weekly plus another 2-5, 000iu daily. My newest doc has me starting oral iron every other day but my hematologist that has had my fam with HH, also heterozygous, blood let for overload when they were all over age 50, not wanting me to supplement except with just food. My dad that I inherited this from, is anemic chronically and has been transfused which gets his cbc up for a while. I’m just a 50 yr old dermatology nurse, so I didn’t worry about my symptoms until I got pretty unwell. Hair shedding gradually then really picked up. I have a bleeding hemorrhoid and wonder if having that fixed could just hault the iron situation. I have to remember that I am NOT a doctor 😂😂😂 thanks for sharing your knowledge as I have been having the iron WITH coffee. Mine includes C in it. Thanks again

[vix]

I’ve had nearly all symptoms for some years now and they periodically get worse (more so after being taken off the combined pill 5yrs ago). This year is the worst yet. I’ve always had cold hands/feet since I was a kid. Now I have a craving for eating frozen veggies & ice, hands/feet have become worse, I can NEVER get enough sleep, I have little energy, I’ve also developed really bad pulsatile tinnitus and a rapid heart rate from doing the simplest of things.

I chose to start a POP in a bid to help my heavy periods earlier this year. As a result I bled heavily & practically constantly for nearly 6 months and had a polyp pass. It’s been a nightmare. Thankfully it’s all over now and I’m healing. But I’ve been left with these symptoms.

The doctors haven’t even considered me having anemia even though I told them DURING all of this.

So now I’m trying some liquid iron supplements to see how they make me feel. HOPEFULLY they work for me because I can’t stay living like this.

[Nolink]

I’m so glad I found this video. Very helpful. Love it

[sf]

Thank you, it was super helpful. God bless you 🙏🏻

[soaringbird]

Thanks for such helpful videos! Sending awesome vibes!

[ScottieBibble]

Had a blood transfusion (allergic to iron infusions) in early oct and the symptoms are back - levels were 7.4

[ridzi]

Very awesome 😎 thanks
Sending ya fantabulous vibes

[bkpqprc]

Very nice vedio. That's the way to have a vedio get straight to the point .. short nd breve

[monicanath]

Thank you so much! Although I feel a lot stronger I still have a long way to go. As a former strict vegetarian I couldn’t cope with different feelings that I had while eating meat. Now I really enjoy the feeling of being healthy. I am slightly anaemic at the moment so I shall be mindful to take my iron tablets for a much longer time now. Due to an inability to take orange juice and also my having been operated on in my abdomen I can only take them with meals.

[KatieHellOnHeels]

Thank u so much for this important info, Abraham. I've always had very heavy menstrual cycles, along with those gross clots...my arms would get weak along with heart racing. Went to my doctor and I now take an iron supplement. I dread whenever my period rears it's ugly head.

[deden]

Symptom 5 is the most relevant! Also 4.

[BetterDaysAreComing]

Thank you for your videos. Im a new subscriber. :) Im curious where you are from?.🙂

[maryensley]

I’m a vegetarian so I don’t get much iron in my diet. I have to take a supplement. I had no idea that caffeine hinders iron absorption, glad I know now. Thank you for the helpful information.

[kittybala]

hello abraham awesome tips, great information and fantastic video. Pharmacist are helpful and best. I take iron tablets . my pharmacist prescribed me iron tablets problem. I love your bloopers and introduction.☺☺