Need Help Please

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Registered: 09-08-2004
Need Help Please
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Wed, 11-10-2004 - 11:40pm
My gf has an IUD and she basically has been bleeding for like a month and a half now just spotting but anyway she has low iron to begin with with the loss of blood and all can it make her really tired? All she ever wants to do is sleep and she isn't sick or anything like that just always really tired.
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Registered: 08-11-2004
Thu, 11-11-2004 - 11:22am
Don't panic. Your girlfriend should talk to her doctor about what she's been experiencing, fatigue is one of the major signs of anemia. If she's anemic, they can give her iron supplements and/or she can make sure she's getting enough iron in her diet. The best sources are liver and red meat, iron from vegetables isn't absorbed as easily. Taking vitamin C can help the body absorb the iron better too.

Some women can have spotting for as long as three months before everything settles down. Your girlfriend is halfway through that time already, and chances are this will get better soon. Once she does adjust, having a Mirena IUD should actually help her problem, since the amount of bleeding will be much less than normal.