Is there a way to test your iron at home?!


Question: Is there a way to test your iron at home.?
I was diagnosed almost a year ago with Severe Anemia. Long story short the iron supplements cause an ulcer, which was misdiagnosed and made worse by the treatments they were giving me (for gall stones). Now my stomach is a mess and I just got off the pills for that.

I'm still not allowed to take iron supplements, but I have been trying to eat things higher in iron.

Anyway, lately I've been really short of breath, especially lying down. I have to prop myself up in bed or I can't sleep. I read up and this can be a sign of worsening anemia.

I'm trying to get a doctors appointment, but it's hard when you don't have insurance or a family doctor.

Is there anyway I can test my iron level at home.? If it is really bad I get take the time to sit in emerg all dayHealth Question & Answer


Answers:
As you know too much iron is toxic and the chances are you probably have enough iron in your system. Where I live the pharmacy does various tests for iron and other things. They actually do the test and you get the result immediately or a day or two later depending on the test. I had severe anemia for a long time due to coeliac condition. Loss of blood can cause anemia also. Severe anemia can cause you to lack oxygen in your blood and give rise to chest pain etc. In my opinion anemia is a sympton of an illness or disorder and therefore the basic cause is the thing to sort out. Once that is done then your anemia should go. If you had coeliac, due to malabsortion, then you would not be able to use the iron in your system until you had followed a gluten free or wheat free diet for about five six months. Anemia is a symptom of coeliac. So hope you are feeling better. Health Question & Answer



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