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Q: How does eating crushed ice mean you have an iron deficiency?
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Is it true that if you chew on ice you have a iron deficiency?

I have heard that it can be a symptom, but it doesn't MEAN you have an iron deficiency.


What does it mean when you eat crushed ice?

it could mean you have low iron levels


Differentiate between the terms negative iron balance latent iron deficiency iron deficient erythropoiesis and iron deficiency anaemia?

Iron deficiency is body iron stores below the normal level as reflected by serum ferritin level of less than 12 ng/ ml, while iron deficient erythropoiesis mean that erythrocytes are produced deficient in iron or hypochromic. and iron deficiency anemia is the final step of uncorrected iron deficiency that is overt iron deficiency manifested by decreased hemoglobin level below normal (females < 12 g/dl, males < 14 g/ dl)


What does a 18.8 RDW Blood Test mean?

low hb.especially iron deficiency anaemia


What does a 18.8 RDW Blood Test mean -?

low hb.especially iron deficiency anaemia


What does it mean if you love eating salt?

You may have a mineral deficiency or are addicted to the taste of salt.


What does it mean if there is too much transferrin in your blood?

== == It means that you're suffering form iron deficiency anemia


What does it mean that my MCH levels are getting lower each time I’m tested?

Possible iron deficiency.


What does high hematocrit low MCV low MCH high RDW CV mean?

iron deficiency


Eating ice what does that mean you have a deficiency in?

sexual frustration lol no but really it is sexually frustration alright PEACE!


What does it mean when your mchc is low?

When one has a low MCHC, it means that their mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration is low. It can mean that a person has iron-deficiency anemia.


What is high rdwcv in blood?

If your doctor tells you that your blood work shows a high rdw-cv, it simply means you have a higher than normal red blood cell distribution. This may be caused by an iron or B12 deficiency and is usually easily treated with a change in diet and the addition of supplements.