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Iron Deficiency, Low Hemoglobin. Can treatment stop working? What to do?

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ursula62431
ursula62431

Hi,

I am twenty-one year old female. I have an iron anemia deficiency that has been ongoing and coming back every year for the last four years. Doctors haven't found a cause for it yet, but the investigations are ongoing. My gp already did some blood studies and discovered that by blood cells very quite small, which if i am not wrong, means that the iron deficiency has been going on for quite a while and they also ruled out sickle cell disease . I am pretty sure that its not just the fault of my periods because first of all my periods never been that intense to cause such an ongoing problem that is getting worse second of all i starting developing other symptoms such as: unexplained weigh loss, changes in bowls habits. Anyway i was started on Ferrous Fumarate and it seemed to be going well. I regained my appetite and i had a bit more energy but for the last week the symptoms of the deficiency came back. I am really incredibly tired again to a point that every day in the afternoon i struggle not to fall asleep and also my appetite has got worse. Is it possible that the Ferrous Fumarte stopped working? Should go back to my gp or should i just wait and see if it just gets better on its own?

Oh also few days ago i had an attack of a sudden sever stomach pain in lower, i think, right abdomen. It was so intense that i couldn't move, stand straight or take a deep breath for an hour. I always had a sensitive stomach and i experienced a lot of different stomach pains in my life but it never ever was that intense and sudden and this pain definitely felt different to others. It got better after about two hours but it still sometimes doesn't feel quite right but it got better so i never went to the doctors. I am not quite sure if it has anything to do with what i explained above but can it?

I am just not quite sure what to do or what is actually happening.

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  • catgirlshirl.
    catgirlshirl. ursula62431

    Posted

    What i am going through is very much the same x How long did u take iron for . Mine has been on going for years .

    • ursula62431
      ursula62431 catgirlshirl.

      Posted

      Hi, so right now i've been on iron for two months but i've been on and off them for the last four years. They put me on them for about six months and then stop them. I think they've always just brushed it off under " its just because you are a woman" so they never did any investigations or follow ups, obviously until now because i demanded answers which i didn't really get anyway. Just the whole picture of it doesn't quite stick together for me.

  • catgirlshirl.
    catgirlshirl. ursula62431

    Posted

    MY IRON tablets stopped working at my last review and full blood count ,my hemaglobin was lower that before i had test a month before . what could be going on im a 70 year old female . HELP

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