Important thing to know before the iron infusion!

I know there were many discussions regarding iron infusion, but I wanted to share my recent experience and hopefully help someone who is considering to have a iron infusion in the future.

Make sure you check you phosphate levels before and after the infusion.Iron infusion has an impact on phosphate levels and as a result phosphate levels could drop post infusion.I wasn't aware of that.Dr had never mentioned anything about it.

After I started to experience bad side effects which lasted more than two weeks and my numerous tries to get an answer being ignored, doctor who prescribed me a infusion finally said that my side effects had something to do with phosphate levels.

I got them checked and now I am waiting for the results.

My side effects were so bad,I had nausea, bad headaches, tight chest, pressure at the front and back of my head, flushing, low blood pressure, tingling feeling all over my body, insomnia.

I felt worse after the infusion than before and I regretted having it done. Thankfully symptoms stopped after almost three weeks.

Please double check everything before booking a iron infusion, don't rely only on doctors words, don't make the same mistake I did.

I hope I won't need another infusion, I don't want to go through this again.

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