Iron deficiency can cause you to feel cold, tired and weak. Dr Justin Gallant ND
Iron deficiency: The most common reason for fatigue and feeling cold
Iron deficiency is one of the most common conditions I see in practice and also one of the most misdiagnosed. These patients are told their iron is fine by either their doctor or the receptionist but this is far from the truth.
Iron deficiency symptoms:
These symptoms can vary based on your iron levels. Some will just have one extreme version of a symptom and others will have a bunch of these symptoms.
Iron deficiency causes pale nailbeds as illustrated in the picture above.
- Feeling tired all of the time
- Feeling cold all of the time
- Restless sleep
- Weak nails
- Pale nailbeds (refer to picture)
- Restless leg syndrome
- Muscles spasms
- Shortness of breath when trying to exercise
- Palpitations
- Pale skin
- Hair loss
- Low blood pressure
- Depression and post-partum depression
- Chronic fatigue
- Brain fog
- Random sharp stabbing left-sided chest pain
- Poor blood sugar control
- Dark bags under eyes (pale skin reveals the dark veins in that area)
- Heavy periods
- painful periods
- Easy bleeding
- Easy bruising
- Low motivation
- Constipation
There's much more juicy information below, please click on "Read More" if you'd like to learn more information about iron deficiency. I discuss why it's so commonly undiagnosed, proper reference ranges, why certain iron supplements are terrible and others are amazing, causes of iron deficiency, why you feel cold when you have low iron and who should get their iron tested.
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