Question:
Can i get a recommendation to help with my anemia?
SMiley20
2009-04-21 19:30:35 UTC
Hi i am currently going on 2 years being severely anemic, i was told by my doctor to eat alot of meat at least 3 times a day and eat green veggies,as well as take my iron pills, which make me very sick =[. She request i take them for 6 months to a year. well the problem is i have a problem with eating, I eat about once a day and after that i loose my appitite, i have not told my doctor this cause i figured it was no big deal, in fact the only time i did eat alot or throught the day was when i smoked marijuana, I quit 2 years ago being pregnant with my first child. I was wondering can i get a recommendation for medical marijuana?? I'm due in June with my 2ND child, so i was hoping to try to get a permit then, my OB said I'm not half of what i should be on my hemoglobin and hemocrit..Please if you could respond i would greatly appreciate it.
Five answers:
nrages
2009-04-22 11:10:46 UTC
Blackstrap Molasses



search around online about this stuff. It really works wonders for anemia. This is the truth, and its all natural. Get the organic kind. It will help restore your minerals. It helps to restore your blood.



I believe it can be effectively ingested while pregnant.
ckngbbbls
2009-04-22 06:17:14 UTC
another thing you can eat to up your iron is plain old bran flakes. A bowl of that and a glass of OJ will work in tandem to help the iron absorb properly. I could never take the iron pills either. Bran flakes are cheap too and along with the calcium in the milk and the OJ are a perfect breakfast. And if you are pregnant, you better get over the eating thing fast. With another baby on the way, you need all the energy you can get and eating right is the first step. The celia advice is right on and can be a huge problem. So can heavy menstrual cycle. That is why I was anemic.

Read food labels. Many things have a decent iron content, you just have to pick and chose and make sure you eat enough of it.

Also, more small meals during the day will help with the eating thing. Once a day is not enough.
jeffman
2009-04-21 23:17:27 UTC
While the recommendation to be tested for Celliac disease isn't a bad one, I'd offer a couple of other things to do first.



Iron pills do have a tendency to make a lot of people sick. Additionally, the real problem may have more to do with absorption problems than with a lack of iron. In other words, you may be having trouble absorbing the iron rather than not having enough iron.



So, you can do the following things, in addition to stopping the iron pills.



First, increase your intake of Vitamin C. That doesn't mean oranges or orange juice. It means vitamin supplements. Start with 500 mg in the morning and 500 mg at night for a week or so. Then add another 500 at lunch.



After another week, start increasing one of your doses to 1000 mg. The next week, increase one of the other doses to 1000 mg, and after another week, increase the 3rd dose to 1000 mg.



Each week after that, add another dose at some time during the day to 1000 mg. When you're taking 5 or 6 doses of 1000 mg per day, you can stop adding to your total intake. I take vastly more than that, but you don't need to.



At the same time as you're doing this, start eating food that you cook in cast iron cookware. Some of that iron will "slough off" into your system. The Vitamin C will allow your body to absorb this iron and your red blood count will go up.



Anemia, as you're likely aware, is the insufficiency of red blood cells and absorbing (not taking) additional iron will cause that count to increase.



If this doesn't work, there's another cause, but lack of absorption is very common (though more common in much older folks).



Good luck.
Doctor J
2009-04-21 20:29:20 UTC
Hi Smiley. The "key" to your situation is to determine the CAUSE of your anemia, that is, WHY are you iron deficient even after treatment?



The LEADING cause of "unexplained" anemia/fatigue is Celiac Disease. This auto-immune condition is very common, but sadly, is rarely diagnosed by most medical doctors (probably because Celiac Disease is a nutritional disorder and medical doctors still get almost zero training in nutrition).



Celiac Disease might also explain your "problem with eating".



You would be wise to get tested for this common, but serious, condition.



Best wishes and good luck.



Below are links to several recent scientific papers that support my comments above.



http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15825122?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=3&log$=relatedreviews&logdbfrom=pubmed



http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19270107?ordinalpos=6&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum



http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12507163?ordinalpos=2&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum



http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17355413?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum
elyse
2009-04-21 20:05:07 UTC
k, you need to contact me i can help you.

no charge, no strings, my facebook is elyse lussier thats my name, contact me i can help you get thru this for no other reason other than i've been thru this.

sincerely,

elyse

p.s. stop taking the iron pills right now

they are making you sicker

the human body can't absorb ferious acid in a rust form which is what your pills are.


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