Questions tagged [iron]
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Why are iron levels different in the left and right hands?
Yesterday I donated blood. When the nurse performed a finger prick test of iron using my left hand, she indicated that the level was too low. However, she then asked to perform the test again on my ...
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How much time before donating blood should I eat food rich with iron? [closed]
I am regular donor and sometimes, they will not accept me because my iron level is too low (hemoglobin level is I believe precisely what is measured, though I am not an expert). They send me home, and ...
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Can iron-rich food cause an overdose?
Daily Value (DV) for iron for adults and children age 4 and older is 18 mg (Office of Dietary Supplements, NIH.gov). Can iron-rich foods cause an overdose of iron, if 150 % daily value (27 mg) is ...
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Supplementing Iron: every day or every other day?
Recent studies and guidelines are suggesting iron supplements every other day is better for absorption:
In iron-depleted women, providing iron supplements daily as divided doses increases serum ...
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Is it possible to get cancer after taking iron supplement of 100mg for 4 days [closed]
I took iron supplements of 100mg ferrous ascorbate for 4 days but since day 3 I experienced black stools and strange pain during bowel movement plus got hemorrhoids so I stopped it immediately after ...
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Liver for iron deficiency anemia
I need some help for one of my stories and I didn't think this would be suitable for Worldbuilding or Writing so I am asking it here.
Lisa, one of my characters, is pregnant and she is in her second ...
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Calcium and iron absorption
I have often read that calcium and iron-rich foods (or supplements) should not be ingested within the same meal, as those two minerals impede each other's absorption trough the gut. But several ...
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Are eggs good or bad for iron incorporation?
Apart from the fact that egg yolk contains very good and plenty of iron, I read on several websites that egg white hinders the digestion of iron. However, I could not find any deeper reasoning about ...
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Why do non-sugary cereals contain twice the iron of sugary cereals?
I've noticed a pattern that sugary and non-sugary cereals are typically enriched with the same levels of every vitamin EXCEPT iron, which is typically twice as high in the non-sugary cereals. Here ...
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Most common nutrient deficiencies for athletes (runners)
Runners in particular are sometimes at an elevated risk for iron deficiency / anemia. What are some of the other most common nutritional deficiencies for runners / athletes?
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Is iron deficiency a serious threat to breastfed infants?
There is a controversial debate around this paper, which states that breastfed infants face the danger of iron deficiency if they are not supplemented with other food or pills early enough.
Early ...
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What are the differential diagnoses of increased ferritin?
What are the possible causes of increased ferritin in a 69 year old man who is otherwise normal and who is not anemic?
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Possible iron/protein defeciency in vegetarians
Is it possible for vegetarians who eat plenty of dairy food to have iron or protein deficiency?
Are there other demonstrable health benefits from eating small amounts of shellfish? Or is there ...
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Does iron poisoning stay in your body?
Two years back a good friend of mine got in an accident where a nail got stuck in her waist. It was removed from her body, but after two weeks she got iron poisoning and fell into a coma for a week. ...
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Can a young person with hemochromatosis have normal iron levels?
Hemochromatosis is a genetic disease that results in the body absorbing too much iron, leading to excessive iron in the body which can lead to organ damage.
Symptoms of hemochromatosis tend to occur ...
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