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Esa Soppi is an internist in Finland.
Iron deficiency without anemia – a clinical challenge (nih.gov) 2018
low-ferritin-20220-1.pdf (joyrichhealthcarecenters.com) 2020
Some NIH doctors in UK also warn against IDWA
Iron deficiency without anaemia: a diagnosis that matters (nih.gov) 2021
Clinical data is emerging and showing that many patients may remain in prelatent or latent stages of iron deficiency without progressing to anemia [2,3,7-9].
During my 30-year carrier as a consulting internist I have met hundreds of patients, mainly menstruating females, who have sought medical advice for prolonged (1–35 years) fatigue, brain fog, muscle and joint pains, weight gain, headache, dyspnea, palpitations (sometimes associated with sleep disturbances), arrhythmia, lump in the throat or difficulty in swallowing or restless legs.
Over time, the patients have often received a spectrum of diagnoses and corresponding treatments: subclinical hypothyroidism, fibromyalgia, burnout, overtraining, asthma, somber mood extending from melancholy to severe therapyresistant depression, chronic fatigue syndrome and chronic Lyme disease.
It is important to include iron deficiency without anemia as a differential diagnostic possibility, because this type of iron deficiency is
Iron deficiency without anemia – a clinical challenge (nih.gov) 2018
low-ferritin-20220-1.pdf (joyrichhealthcarecenters.com) 2020
Some NIH doctors in UK also warn against IDWA
Iron deficiency without anaemia: a diagnosis that matters (nih.gov) 2021