What are the symptoms of iron deficiency

summary

Such as iron deficiency disease will continue to appear in our lives, iron is an important trace element in the human body, we must all know, not only the growing children need to supplement, many adults also need to supplement iron, the following is a brief introduction to the symptoms and manifestations of adult iron deficiency.

What are the symptoms of iron deficiency

First: the mental state is not good, the most obvious iron deficiency of adults is the change of the body, from head to foot basically have an impact, hair withered and yellow, dry skin, poor spirit, dry nails, and often insomnia, night sweats, dreams and other phenomena.

Second: hemoglobin reduction, the performance of adults in the light of iron deficiency will not be very obvious, only in the examination will be found, so usually pay attention to regular physical examination, is conducive to the discovery of the disease, better prevention and treatment.

Third: anemia, the most serious harm of iron deficiency is to lead to anemia, anemia is very terrible, mild dizziness, memory loss, serious even life-threatening, so we must add sufficient iron to ensure the normal operation of the body.

matters needing attention

The clinical symptoms and the degree of anemia are related to the severity of the disease. Mild cases may not have any self-conscious discomfort except for pale complexion. Severe anemia, but also glossitis, atrophy of tongue mucosa, smooth tongue, congestion and burning sensation. Sometimes, esophageal foreign body sensation, constriction or dysphagia occur. Iron deficiency can also cause dysphagia syndrome. The clinical manifestations include hypopigmentation anemia, dysphagia, angular stomatitis, abnormal sensation of tongue, spoon shaped nails, etc. Adult iron deficiency, usually in addition to eat more iron food, can also add some iron preparations.