On October 11 of this year, I was diagnosed as having a serum ferritin level of less than one. As of late November, it was up to a 5. Since then, I have upped my iron dosage (Ferrous Sulfate 5 gr/325 mg) to 3 pills daily per my doctor's advice and have been consciously trying to eat more iron rich foods. I am a vegetarian, so I've been eating black bean soup or lentil soup daily, as well as pumpkin and sunflower seeds. I try to snack on Total cereal, which has 100% of iron DV and take a daily multi-vitamin, which also has 100%. I eat Kashi cereal with soy milk for breakfast every morning. Question: Why, if my ferritin is slowly creeping up, is my hair falling out more? With ferritin that low, can you really overdose on iron with my diet? Are the non-heme iron sources I'm eating actually inhibiting my iron absorbtion? Any insight would be greatly appreciated as I am truly afraid I will go bald if things keep going at this rate!
2007-12-02 11:15:23 · 3 answers · asked by searcher95 3 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
26 yr old F
2007-12-02 11:41:27 · update #1
It takes at least 3 months for hairs to change growth cycles and 6 months before you will usually see denser hair.
2007-12-02 11:20:31 · answer #1 · answered by gillianprowe 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For hair to stop falling out it ferritin levels need to be above 40. for hair growth it needs to be between 50 and 70.
2016-08-11 16:55:00 · answer #2 · answered by mary m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Causes depend on whether you are a man or a woman... and your age...
2007-12-02 11:29:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋