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    Default IMPORTANT: anemics-- know your anemia

    well, i'd been feeling a bit run down lately, and knowing that i am anemic and that whenever i go to the doc, my iron levels are typically low, i starting taking an iron supplement in addition to my multi-v with iron. for two weeks, i still felt run down, but certain that i would eventually see the results.

    well, i definitely did start seeing the results. literally. i'm now covered in bruises all over my legs, swollen, big, black, and painful.

    it turns out that the type of anemia i have isn't an iron deficiency at all-- its a folic acid deficiency. pumping my body full of iron has resulted in me doing damage to my organs with iron i can't use in my blood, and has sapped me of the little folic acid i did have, resulting in these bruises.

    this is just a warning to everyone who takes supplements for anemia-- know what type you have first! talk to a doctor to work out what you should be doing about it, because you can actually hurt yourself a great deal if you don't know how to properly help yourself.

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    Default Re: IMPORTANT: anemics-- know your anemia

    wow! thanks for the warning. I do hope you feel better soon.


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    Thank you Violet, I showed that to my sister who suffers from anemia too. I never knew folic acid deficiency could do that!!

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