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What Are The Symptoms Of Iron Deficiency?
Question: What ate the symptoms for Iron deficiency?
Brief Answer:
Symptoms mainly due to anemia
Detailed Answer:
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The commonest presentation of iron deficiency is anemia. Anemia can be without symptoms if it comes on very gradually or you can have palpitations, tiredness, breathlessness or dizziness depending on how severe and how fast the anemia developed. There can be other symptoms like brittle nails, hair fall, tingling of feet ,sore tongue and difficulty in swallowing.
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Symptoms mainly due to anemia
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome and thanks for your query.
The commonest presentation of iron deficiency is anemia. Anemia can be without symptoms if it comes on very gradually or you can have palpitations, tiredness, breathlessness or dizziness depending on how severe and how fast the anemia developed. There can be other symptoms like brittle nails, hair fall, tingling of feet ,sore tongue and difficulty in swallowing.
Take care
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