Low iron

[DonTheKing]

Had my blood test come back with reduced iron. How is that possible from being a massive guisness drinker .
Anyone else been told this.

 

[Frankie Lee]

The positive news is you’d need about 30 pints of Guinness per day to get your iron requirements. So next to your wife tells you off for getting pi**ed you have an excuse.

 

[DonTheKing]

The positive news is you’d need about 30 pints of Guinness per day to get your iron requirements. So next to your wife tells you off for getting pi**ed you have an excuse.

I know it's only about 0.3mg of iron. I honestly was quite shocked I thought I ate quite alot of iron rich foods.
Doc did say I'm not anemic was just lower than before.

 

[sweet_left_foot]

Logic says you don't drink enough Guinness

 

[Frankie Lee]

I know it's only about 0.3mg of iron. I honestly was quite shocked I thought I ate quite alot of iron rich foods.
Doc did say I'm not anemic was just lower than before.

My partner gets low iron and gets really tired and lethargic. The iron tablets she gets soon has her feeling back to normal again.

 

[Lottowyn]

The doc can prescribe you ferrous pills to be taken possibly for about 2 months.
These could get you back to normal , but these pills tend to cause constipation in some people.
A problem there , I don’t know which is the worse, being a bit weak due to your iron being a bit low , or not being able to go to the toilet ?

 

[uncle_rico]

Do you drink a lot of caffeine, as it impact the absorption of iron by your red blood cells? I am usually borderline when I give blood, so just go a couple of days without coffee beforehand. Drinking fresh orange with a meal, especially with foods high in iron, helps your blood absorb iron.

 

[Lemmy_kilmister]

If you like it, eat liver and kidney.

Can't whack it when you're borderline anaemic like I was.
Liver, bacon, onions dumplings....

 

[Priv]

My partner gets low iron and gets really tired and lethargic. The iron tablets she gets soon has her feeling back to normal again.

Mine as well.

 

[red_harrington]

Drink blood and lick rusty cans, wires, bits of car etc

Problem solved

 

[Boro in Devon]

My partner is usually pretty happy when she has done the ironing.

 

[Ingleby_Flash]

Chew your nails ?

 

[r00fie1]

Buy these over the counter.
Always speak to the pharmacist first.

Vitamin B Compound Strong Tablets - 28 Tablets - ExpressChemist.co.uk - Buy Online

Vitamin B Compound Strong Tablets - 28 Tablets to help treat cases of iron deficiency

www.expresschemist.co.uk

 

[Legz]

I was diagnosed low iron years ago....had 2 months of tablets, told everything OK but symptoms returned. Went back to docs (I had been assigned a new one) and as soon as he looked at my notes he said its not your iron it's your b12 levels.
Ended up getting 10 weekly injections from the doctors for a few years but covid (and pricing) put paid to that. I now use a spray that u spray into your mouth (inside of cheeks) and haven't had any iron tablets since. I did my own research on it as doctor told me nothing. Apparently your body can't get the b12 from food(that's why I think the spray is better option than tablets) and the parameters are quite wide (190-950 pictogram per milileter.
My 15 year old daughter was diagnosed with the same thing 6 months ago...she had 3 months of tablets and is also now on the b12 spray.

 

[borolad259]

I use ferroglobin.

 

[pierrequiroule]

I know it's only about 0.3mg of iron. I honestly was quite shocked I thought I ate quite alot of iron rich foods.
Doc did say I'm not anemic was just lower than before.

Sounds like you're not too bad, but your body may have trouble assimilating iron through the gut. My daughter has extremely low iron because of this and needs occasional intravenous infusions. Unfortunately one of her sons also has trouble absorbing iron.

 

[DonTheKing]

Sounds like you're not too bad, but your body may have trouble assimilating iron through the gut. My daughter has extremely low iron because of this and needs occasional intravenous infusions. Unfortunately one of her sons also has trouble absorbing iron.

Yeah I think its just a mix of everything really, I don't really eat alot of red meat to be honest and drink so much coffee. Probably not helping my anxiety all of this, just got my self some iron tablets have another blood test in another few month see what happens.

 

[mercury_redstone7]

You can eat as much iron as you like or take supplements including supping Guinness. But your body wont absorb it witout vitamin C at same time . just a thought

 

[DonTheKing]

You can eat as much iron as you like or take supplements including supping Guinness. But your body wont absorb it witout vitamin C at same time . just a thought

I'm taking that too cheers mate.

 

[wherestheremote]

Glad to see this thread. I’ve been on iron tablets for 100 days and going for blood test Thursday to check my low ferritin level. Seems problem is more prevalent than I thought/assumed.