I was diagnosed with type 1 in September and I’m now losing my hair. A recent blood test also shows I’m low in iron. I’m seeing my GP next week but it’s worrying me. Is it connected to diabetes? Your thoughts are appreciated.
I disagree, as someone with chronic iron deficiency and hair loss, in my experience iron deficiency is clearly linked.In a word: NO. Not hair loss and diabetes. And not iron deficiency and hair loss nor diabetes. Iron deficiency can cause anemia though.
Iron deficiency in my opinion and experience, is connected to hair loss. Please read my response to @TheBigNewt one of the contributors in this thread.I was diagnosed with type 1 in September and I’m now losing my hair. A recent blood test also shows I’m low in iron. I’m seeing my GP next week but it’s worrying me. Is it connected to diabetes? Your thoughts are appreciated.
I have multiple autoimmune disease one of which is chronic gastritis A, this is the cause of my chronic iron deficiency.There should be a reason for iron deficiency, it's not normally a "chronic" condition like arthritis. The most common reason is blood loss, which can be quite slow and sometimes difficult to pinpoint. Not sure about malabsorbtion of iron and iron supplements though.
When both myself and my youngest daughter were diagnosed, we both lost a vast amount of hair. After 3 maybe 4 months, when our bodies had recovered, it began to grow back and is now back to normal. In fact, my daughter's is slightly thicker than it ever was.
And how do medical professionals propose that your running kills your red blood cells may I ask? Hemolysis? That would be accompanied by an increase in red cell size and the reticulocyte ("baby" red blood cells produced by your bone marrow) count.. Running seems to lower my iron levels and kill red blood cells
And how do medical professionals propose that your running kills your red blood cells may I ask? Hemolysis? That would be accompanied by an increase in red cell size and the reticulocyte ("baby" red blood cells produced by your bone marrow) count.
Retic count is cheap. I read about all the fancy blood tests they do there for antibodies and other stuff why not diagnose hemolytic anemia correctly instead of prescribing a maybe supplement? And maybe buy better shoes.Yep, Hemolysis is believed to be the culprit. The increase in the reticulocyte count would only be noticed if it was specifically tested for in the blood test. That test doesn't come as standard here and was told I'd have to pay for it myself. Turned out it was cheaper to get Iron supplements :-0
Retic count is cheap. I read about all the fancy blood tests they do there for antibodies and other stuff why not diagnose hemolytic anemia correctly instead of prescribing a maybe supplement? And maybe buy better shoes.
For the for the first 50 years of being diabetic, I can honestly say that I never suffered hair loss, in fact my hair was always extremely thick. However, the last 2 years I have had a fair bit of hair loss, which has been linked to hypothyroidism, an autoimmune condition that is often caused by diabetes.I was diagnosed with type 1 in September and I’m now losing my hair. A recent blood test also shows I’m low in iron. I’m seeing my GP next week but it’s worrying me. Is it connected to diabetes? Your thoughts are appreciated.