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What Causes Severe Fatigue?
Hi doctor my name is Alejandro arias and I am taking iron supplements because I ve been feeling fatigue and just for overall health to. Well I was researching and I saw that if you take to much iron it can be very dangerous and I need to see how much iron is good for myself. I am 5 5 and 118 pounds and I would like to know how many milligrams of iron I would need to buy. Ps. I am using the iron plus with iron 25 mg, vitamin c 200 mg, vitamin b-6 25 mg, follic acid 400 mcg, vitamin b-12 100 mcg. Thank you
Thu, 1 Jun 2017
Hello,
Iron will be helpful only if you have iron deficiency. So you need to get hemoglobin levels done first and if it's low then serum iron studies. If it confirms iron deficiency then we can calculate iron requirements bases on hemoglobin levels. Other if ones hemoglobin is low due to iron deficiency, we could begin iron supplements continue it till 6 months after hemoglobin is corrected.
Hope this helps you and get back if you have any doubts.
Iron will be helpful only if you have iron deficiency. So you need to get hemoglobin levels done first and if it's low then serum iron studies. If it confirms iron deficiency then we can calculate iron requirements bases on hemoglobin levels. Other if ones hemoglobin is low due to iron deficiency, we could begin iron supplements continue it till 6 months after hemoglobin is corrected.
Hope this helps you and get back if you have any doubts.
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