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Iron Supplementation

Submitted by Bertiedog on Wed, 2011-06-15 04:16

Can somebody let me know whether its a good idea or not to supplement with iron if one tends to be on the low side?

I have started to get a lot of palpitations and that always seems to happen when my iron is going a bit low.

Have tried to search the site but not come up with anything.

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Submitted by Jesper on Wed, 2011-06-15 08:43.
Bertiedog, this is not an answer to you question, but how do you know when your iron is low ? I quite often have palpitations and i cant accurately pinpoint it to a certain time or medication. Maybe its iron...
Treating PPMSi with Azithromycin 250 mg every other day, Doxyi 100 mg BiDi, Coconut oil 4 times daily,  five flagyli pulses. Been sick since June 2009. Having good success and very few symptoms.
Submitted by Bertiedog on Wed, 2011-06-15 09:09.
My ferritin dropped from 69 to 27 in one year and my Hb level was towards the bottom of the range.  I have had this problem for years, as long as I can remember.  A simple blood test will tell you what your Hb level is and also check ferritin.  I have read it should be at least 50 - 70.
ME/CFSi, adrenal insufficiency low dose steroids + flurdrocortisone, thyroid disease Armoujr + 25 mcg T3, 25 mcg T4, 20mg Propoananol, 200 Doxyi from 1/4/11, Azithro MWF from 1/6/11, Metroi 1st 5 day pulse 13/7/11
Submitted by Sarah on Wed, 2011-06-15 10:50.

If you are borderline anaemic or worse, you must need to supplement.  Its not in the supplement lists because most people aren’t ..................Sarah

A  Journey Through Light and Shadow

Completed Stratton/Wheldon regime for aggressive secondary progressive MSi in June 2007, after four years, three of which intermittent.   Still improving bit by bit and no relapses since finishing treatment.
Submitted by MacKintosh on Wed, 2011-06-15 16:45.

I think there is a concern about supplementing iron because there have been a few posts about CPni using/needing iron, therefore there's a fear you're feeding the CPn if you supplement.

Well, you have to be alive in order to fight the CPn, so better to supplement with iron than not! 

Once you beat the CPn into submission, it's likely your iron levels with return to normal, anyway, as your body 'fixes' itself down the road.

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems. Mohandas Gandhi

Submitted by Annelet on Wed, 2011-06-15 18:15.

I have Hemochromatosis, a genetic disease that means I absorb much larger amounts of iron the is normal.

I have often wondered if this is why I "succumbed" to chronic CPni infection ..... because the bacteria were feasting on the high iron levels.

 

Submitted by Bertiedog on Thu, 2011-06-16 02:53.

Thanks for the replies, I am going to take Floradix for a month and see if the palps disappear like they did last time I took some iron.

Because I am post menopause I shouldn't really need extra iron but I bruise very easily and think this is where I possibly loose iron, or is it the Cpni or other intracellulari bacteria using it up I don't know.   All my adult life I have had very low iron stores and bottom of the range Hb.

ME/CFSi, adrenal insufficiency low dose steroids + flurdrocortisone, thyroid disease Armoujr + 25 mcg T3, 25 mcg T4, 20mg Propoananol, 200 Doxyi from 1/4/11, Azithro MWF from 1/6/11, Metroi 1st 5 day pulse 13/7/11
Submitted by Foggy on Fri, 2011-06-17 00:17.
i got worse from taking iron and that makes sense when scientists say chlamydia should be treated by depleting iron.
Submitted by Foggy on Fri, 2011-06-17 11:07.
I wouldnt take iron again. Did it for 3 days, got really worse. You feed chlamydia with iron. Depleting iron (not eating food that contains it) is an anti-chlamydial-therapy.
Submitted by Timaca on Sun, 2011-06-19 11:08.

I have struggled on and off with iron deficiency anemia, and even needed a uterine ablation to get my iron indices normalized.   I still have to take iron supplementsi 4 times a week to keep my ferritin level at a reasonable level.  

My heart palpitations are not related to my iron issues.  They are definitely related to my infectious issues.  My ID doctor and cardiologist have seen this repeatedly in me.  (I go into tachycardia when pathogens reactivate or I'm given antibioticsi).

Best, Timaca 

on valtrex 500 mg tid

http://whispersfromthefather.me/

 

 

 

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