Anaemia

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Been told I have registered as anaemic in some of my blood tests but it was all a bit vague. I’ve had menopausal bleeding so presume that’s caused it & am having a pelvic scan this week. However meanwhile I am feeling absolutely dreadful. Has anyone been anaemic & what symptoms did you have? The nausea is the worst I think.

Fatigue, bone ache, forgetfulness and cognitive fog, feeling cold. GP should prescribe ferritin for you, and have orange juice with all meals.

It’s important to investigate the cause of anaemia as
there are quite a few causes of anaemia.
One is iron deficiency which would be helped by taking iron as above poster says.
But if it’s not due to iron deficiency them taking iron won’t make any difference.
if it is iron deficiency then it’s important to look for blood loss specifically making sure bowel screening is up to date.
Exclude this and obviously investigate cause of PMB as these are most important things to exclude.
I’m sure your GP will have looked at B12,folate, blood film etc too

Tiredness, headaches, rashes/skin ulcers, heart palpitations, breathlessness