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Has anyone had an iron infusion?

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ironinfusionquestion · 06/05/2024 08:05

I am having one this week as I'm severely anaemic and I can't tolerate tablets. My main fear is that I will experience stomach side effects (nausea or vomiting), because a work colleague told me she felt really sick after having one. I'm considering cancelling the procedure as I am highly phobic of sickness (trauma linked to my childhood that I don't want to go into).

Can anyone who's had this procedure please tell me if I'm likely to experience nausea / sickness after my infusion? Just looking for reassurance as I really need to go ahead with it as the anaemia is making me so fatigued I can't go on like this ☹️

Thank you

OP posts:
Highflow · 06/05/2024 08:09

Hi, I’ve had one and didn’t get any side effect at all 😊

TheFoz · 06/05/2024 08:09

I had three when pregnant and absolutely no feelings of nausea or sickness. I hope they help you.

Lozzalou9191 · 06/05/2024 08:09

Nope, I had one last week. No side effects although only thing I found was that I expected to feel better straight away and it’s only a week later I feel the affects of the anaemia eg tiredness have reduced.

sleepandcoffee · 06/05/2024 08:08

Tablets make vomit within 10 minutes and all's gives me constant upset stomach but the infusion had zero side effects for me

DevotedSisterBelovedCunt · 06/05/2024 08:07

Hi OP, I've had one and didn't have any side effects (although of course that doesn't mean anything about how likely they'd be for you).