How can low blood iron levels be treated?
Patient: I am showing lower blood iron level over the last year or so and consensus of my doctor is that it is due to Arthritis. It was always over 13 and is now just over 11, I play golf without pain, walk and mover around without pain, I am stiff when wakening in the morning, but some movement takes care of it I am not taking anything for the arthritis and so far have not taken any thing for the anemia. what do you think? Doctor: Hello. Thanks for asking on Healthcaremagic. In case you are not taking any pain killers for arthritis then it is unlikely that the low iron is due to arthritis. Low iron can occur due to gastritis caused by pain killers. It is advisable to start taking iron tablets daily so that iron levels increase to normal. Kindly follow up with your serum iron tests and start taking iron rich foods. In case it does not normalise after intake too then it might be malabsorption and it's better to take injectable then. Hope I helped. Thanks.