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Iron deficiency

Iron deficiency: Introduction

Iron is needed to make blood, and lack of iron leads to having too few red blood cells, a condition called anemia. The body can also lose iron through heavy menstruation, bleeding injuries, and other causes of blood loss. ...more »

Symptoms of Iron deficiency

• Cheilosis
• Exertional dyspnoea
• Fatigue
• Tachycardia
• Palpitation
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Treatments for Iron deficiency

• Iron
• Iron - possibly used if condition is due to pregnancy
• Iron - possibly used if condition is due to excessive menstruation
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Home Diagnostic Testing

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Iron deficiency?

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• Failure to diagnose Iron deficiency
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Iron deficiency: Complications

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Causes of Iron deficiency

• Vegetarianism
• Pregnancy
• Malabsorption syndrome
• Menorrhagia
• Erythropoietin
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Disease Topics Related To Iron deficiency

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Iron deficiency:

• Anemia
• Iron deficiency anemia
• Internal bleeding
• Dysfunctional uterine bleeding
• Worm infestatation
• Thallasemia
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Iron deficiency: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Fatigue Disorders -- serious diseases that may be undiagnosed:
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  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
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  • Lyme Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Thyroid Disease -- Undiagnosed
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Misdiagnosis and Iron deficiency

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Iron deficiency: Research Doctors & Specialists

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Latest Treatments for Iron deficiency

• Ferrous sulfate
• Elemental iron
• Liquid iron
• Vitamin C
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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Iron deficiency

Medical research articles related to Iron deficiency include:

• Iron supplementation for reducing morbidity and mortality in children with HIV
• I cannot find any guidance about the management of paediatric iron deficiency which seems to be common, I would be grateful if you know of some i.e. treatment/ further investigations required?
• Controlled, household-randomized, open-label trial of the effect of treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection on iron deficiency among children in rural Alaska: results at 40 months
• Anaemia ? iron deficiency
• Causal relationship of Helicobacter pylori with iron-deficiency anemia or failure of iron supplementation in children
• Effect of intravenous iron sucrose on exercise tolerance in anemic and nonanemic patients with symptomatic chronic heart failure and iron deficiency FERRIC-HF: a randomized, controlled, observer-blinded trial
• Maternal iron deficiency and the risk of schizophrenia in offspring
• Delayed cord clamping in preterm infants delivered at 34 36 weeks` gestation: a randomised controlled trial.
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Prevention of Iron deficiency

Prevention information for Iron deficiency has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Iron deficiency.

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Iron deficiency: Broader Related Topics

• Mineral deficiency
• Blood conditions
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Types of Iron deficiency

Iron deficiency Message Boards

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Definitions of Iron deficiency:

Anemia characterized by decreased or absent iron stores, low serum iron concentration, low transferrin saturation, and low hemoglobin concentration or hematocrit value. The erythrocytes are hypochromic and microcytic and the iron binding capacity is increased. - (Source - Diseases Database)

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