Symptoms of an iron deficiency?

Question

What are the symptoms- internal and external- of an iron deficiency? Is frequent nausea a symptom?

Answer 1

Take a gold ring or any gold plated jewelry and rub it on your forehead. If it leaves a black mark, you have an iron deficiency.

Answer 2

Here are some symptoms of iron deficiency (which can become anemia and thus serious):
- One odd symptom is feeling like you want to eat dirt
- Craving certain foods
- Pale skin
- Tired/Fatigue
- Irritable
- Headache
- Feel Weak
- Short of Breath
- Rapid Heart Beat
- Brittle Finger Nails
- Poor Sleep
- Weaker Immune System

Answer 3

The primary symptom is fatique. Another is a pale look.
The nausea could be related to the cause of the iron deficiency, such as a bleeding ulcer.

Answer 4

Can Low Iron Cause Nausea

Answer 5

I know that one symptom is craving ice or foods that are juicy...when I was iron deficient I couldn't stop drinking slushies.

Answer 6

You become anemic. This means a low iron count in your blood. A simple blood test confirms this disorder. The Doc. will stuff you with iron pills and make you turn into Popeye's wife eating spinach morning noon and night.

Answer 7

iron deficiency usually causes tiredness and aches in bones
see a Dr

Answer 8

Its called anemia.......externally you will usually feel very tired, weak and even faint. On the inside it causes your red blood cells to become a little deformed because inside your red bloods cell s you have hemoglobine, and hemoglobine is made up of 4 molecules of iron which is what allows the oxygen you breath to attach itself to your red blood cells and carry it throughout your body. But when there is a lack of iron in your blood, your hemoglobine kinda "shrivels up" causing a deformity in your red blood cells ( thats how we can identify it by viewing your blood under a microscope) But dont worry, your body is constantly producing new red blood cells and when your iron intake increases back to normal your cells will also be back to normal.

Answer 9

Tiredness, palor, loss of appetite, dizziness, later on-pounding heart, dyspnea-shortness of breath, cough as water builds up in the lungs, eyesight blurred, fainting spells.

Answer 10

Symptons are:
irritability
decreased appetite
dizziness or a feeling of being lightheaded
get tired alot
if severe you see black