Iron Deficiency

A 35-year-old woman visited the clinic. She had been suffering with low energy for some time, and the symptoms were getting worse. Her GP had recommended an iron supplement that she bought from the pharmacy. She had been taking this for some time with little improvement and it made her very constipated, as many iron […]

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