Iron Deficiency and Digestive Disorders

This study found that low levels of ferritin and iron were common among women with diffuse hair loss, suggesting these tests could be useful in evaluating such patients.

A woman had nausea and constipation from iron pills taken for hair loss due to low iron.

This review clarifies that non-anaemic iron deficiency in non-pregnant premenopausal women often arises from menstrual iron losses and can cause symptoms like hair loss, while in post-menopausal women and adult men, iron deficiency anaemia frequently indicates chronic intestinal bleeding.

This case report describes a hair structure abnormality associated with iron deficiency anemia, which improved after iron supplementation ceased hair loss and corrected the hair shaft abnormality.