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What Causes Weakness And Metallic Taste After Treated Anemia?

I am a 67y.o. female. I have profound, debilitating weakness, metallic taste in my mouth, dry lips, tingling in hands and feet, periods of uncontrollable crying (I am NOT a crying person!). Plus I have a gushing, fluttering feeling in my chest w/left neck and chest discomfort. My Bp fluctuates from 92/54 to 162/86 and HR fluctuates between 48-130. This has been going on for about 6wks. On days I feel mostly normal my Bp is 112/60 HR 60-68. I was recently in the States and diagnosed w/hypothyroid and iron deficiency anemia.I was given B12 shots and iron supplements. I improved slightly and able to travel out of the country to where my husband and I work and serve. I don t know what to do. Could you give me some advice and direction.
Mon, 13 Apr 2015
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Hi,
I can understand that you are in great pain. As far as your concerns are the metallic taste and dry mouth that you have have been having are probably due to iron tablets and they can cause some really bad metallic taste for some time. but be rest assured after some days the metallic taste will go away if its due to iron. However i advice you to not stop taking iron tablets,. u can probably divide them into smaller potions per day to reduce the metallic taste. About the tingling and numbness you have been experiencing and if its very severe as you may feel, i would advice you to show a neurologist. tingling and numbness can be an early sign of peripheral nerve problems and they need specialized attention. many of them can be cured. one reason might be due to B12 deficiency and after some time when your B12 levels become normal you might be able to recover,however this complaint requires a full diagnostic workup.
be rest assured eventually you will be happy hale and hearty
do let me know if you have any more questions for me
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What Causes Weakness And Metallic Taste After Treated Anemia?

Hi, I can understand that you are in great pain. As far as your concerns are the metallic taste and dry mouth that you have have been having are probably due to iron tablets and they can cause some really bad metallic taste for some time. but be rest assured after some days the metallic taste will go away if its due to iron. However i advice you to not stop taking iron tablets,. u can probably divide them into smaller potions per day to reduce the metallic taste. About the tingling and numbness you have been experiencing and if its very severe as you may feel, i would advice you to show a neurologist. tingling and numbness can be an early sign of peripheral nerve problems and they need specialized attention. many of them can be cured. one reason might be due to B12 deficiency and after some time when your B12 levels become normal you might be able to recover,however this complaint requires a full diagnostic workup. be rest assured eventually you will be happy hale and hearty do let me know if you have any more questions for me