#888 Iron Deficiency Anemia with Dr. Pelcovits
Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes
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How to Get Help for Low Iron
There's a little bit of controversy about exactly how much poly isn't enough to make you iron deficient, but it's certainly in combination with other things as well. The one that's the most classic that we have a fun medical term for is called pica, which technically meets eating things that are sort of not food. So my wife who had low iron, this was like her most classic symptom. She would just chew endless amounts of ice,. And then she finally got an iron infusion once and it was like, you know, within a few weeks, she just like suddenly stopped chowing down on ice.
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