Could I be anemic?!
Question: I know you can't really diagnose yourself but I REALLY believe I have it. I'm hoping someone could tell me if they THINK I have it.
-pale skin
-BARELY eat meat (because I hate the taste)
-heart palpitations (for years)
-feeling tired/weak almost all the time (can sleep for more than 12 hours because of how tired I feel)
-hate running/exercising because I feel really bad afterward
-shortness of breath
-when I shave and accidentally cut myself, it sometime bleeds more than it should
-when I'm on my period, it's usually a lot
I'm only 16. Could this be anything else?
Answers: I know you can't really diagnose yourself but I REALLY believe I have it. I'm hoping someone could tell me if they THINK I have it.
-pale skin
-BARELY eat meat (because I hate the taste)
-heart palpitations (for years)
-feeling tired/weak almost all the time (can sleep for more than 12 hours because of how tired I feel)
-hate running/exercising because I feel really bad afterward
-shortness of breath
-when I shave and accidentally cut myself, it sometime bleeds more than it should
-when I'm on my period, it's usually a lot
I'm only 16. Could this be anything else?
It sounds very possible. The best idea, I think, is to buy iron supplements at the grocery store or a pharmacy. If your symptoms go away after you start taking them, then you have your answer. It's very unlikely that taking iron supplements will hurt you (unless you take more than the recommended dose), especially since you dump iron every month that you have your period.
probably...go to your doctor
Doesn't sound to good... Your 16?? And you never mentioned any of this to your mum or dad?? If you did, did they do anything i.e. take you to the doctor etc??
I'm 25 and i told my mum i was light headed and she wanted me to go to the doctor, and they told me i was anaemic. Anaemia is blood loss... Or that's my understanding anyway, my doctor told me my anaemia came from an extremely heavy period. I would get very light headed and dizzy the whole room would be turning around me. Sick to the stomach feeling tired and weak... It prob is anaemia, and you should definitely go see a doctor.