Iron Allergy - I Think!

Look up NAET.  It is allergy ELIMINATION.  Gone.  Poof.  It has changed our lives.  It's like a miracle to us.  When I took the treatment for iron, I slept for four hours when we got home.  That is not like me.  I am not a napper.  I used to get anemic when I was a kid and well into adulthood.  I reacted very badly to the iron supplements.  I even had trouble taking maternity vitamins because of their high iron content.  I feel tons better now!  My son had gotten to where he could not eat beef.  We now believe it had to do with iron (also Vitamin A, but it's complicated).  I highly recommend that you check out NAET.  It is a total GAME CHANGER.  Blessings all, Lisa

Thanks, I really appreciate it. I will definitely check it out. Again, thanks a lot. 

It is possible to both be anemic and have iron overload disease - hemochromotosis - which produces many of the symptoms you talk about. The heriditory type of this disease is primarily in people who are of Northern European ancestry. They can run blood tests on this. Here's a Mayo Clinic article, and there are many others on the Web:

 

http://www.bing.com/health/article/mayo-MADS00455/Hemochromatosis?q=hemochromatosis+symptoms&qpvt=hemochromatosis+symptoms#symptoms

Hi, I am familiar with NAET, and I'm just wondering what you used for the iron sample that you held while doing the treatment? There are different types of iron, so I'm just curious which type you were treated for. Thanks!

You are welcome. Be very careful though. We had forgotten about my son's iron allergy, because when he was little, he didn't have a lot of symptoms. It didn't get obviously dangerous until he was much older. When he went through the NAET treatment, he almost went into anaphylactic shock after that treatment, because his allergy was so severe...but we didn't know that, at the time. With NAET our practitioner explains that we 'start off across the room' from intense allergies. We thought he was allergic to beef, peanuts, etc. We didn't realize that it was most likely his iron allergy, causing us to believe he was allergic to the iron-rich foods. He is TONS better, but you still need to be careful. We have delayed his 'mineral' NAET treatment, to give him some time to get stronger. It's a process, not a quick fix.

What kind of blood disorders, please?

I don't know, but this practitioner stays true to the NAET protocol. I am sure it can be found on their website. As I said, this was rather shocking to us. We had been told by a health professional not to worry about that allergy, since he was asymptomatic at the time. We were told that it was probably just an allergy to iron supplements and the iron in vitamins. It seems to have developed into iron in food sources as well.

Not necessarily a blood disorder. If the individual is of Mediterranean descend that is very usual to be allergic to iron. I found my brothers are allergic to it. I learned many years after I had my two boys and through their pregancy I could not take vitamins with iron (it caused anemia).

Consult with a doctor that knows about this type of allergy ASAP.

my mom is 65 years old and can not take ANY iron supplements or eat any food containing iron.  please can someone tell me what other vitamins she can take to make up for not getting any iron supplements?  is severe trembling a symptom of iron deficiency? are there dangers in not using iron supplements or food containing iron?

I'm so sorry I am so late to respond, but hopefully you will see this! I have had major problems with iron deficient anaemia, in my 20's it caused me to take 2 long disability leaves from work due to complete fatigue, and dizziness. I tried the iron supplements, which caused me TERRIBLE heartburn, constipation, bloating and general "feeling like crud." I have always had problems with heartburn after eating...turns out that I was severely allergic to iron, my biggest symptom was heartburn. I have been getting N.A.E.T. treatments for my allergies, and it has been helping me out a lot. Today, I had my treatment for iron, and I had wicked heartburn immediately after my treatment, and it was severe for a few hours, then moved down to the "tolerable' level, and it has now been about 10 hours. If you can find a N.A.E.T. practitioner in your area, I highly recommend that you get checked for iron allergy/sensitivity, because if you are allergic to it, your body won't be absorbing it (hence the anaemia) no matter how you take it...food, supplement or injection. It will actually hurt you in the long run, and cause many other health problems. The N.A.E.T. treatments can clear your allergy, and then just eating normal food that contains iron will take care of your Iron deficient anaemia.

Hope this helps you or anyone else still reading this thread. You can find good info on N.A.E.T. if you google it, but as a caution, make sure the person who is doing the N.A.E.T. treatments is actually certified, some of the reviews you find complain about it, because the practitioner is not following proper protocol. Dr. Devi Nambudripad is the one who started N.A.E.T (Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Technique) and if you google her you will find good info and how to find a good practitioner. Hope you can find relief!!

Wow, I see that I am not alone. I am 45 years old and I have been anemic (diagnosed) since I was first tested at 18 years old.  Whenever I take iron supplements, I experience an itchy rash on my face, neck and chest.  I tried NAETand tested positive for allergy to minerals.  It took me several sessions to clear my allergy to minerals And there was a huge improvement in my skin when I tested clear.    In ever thought to test for allergy to specific metals, such as iron, but it makes sense now that I might have an allergY.  For instance, I am a huge meat eater, especially beef and organ meats.

i just recently took a form of iron (pur absorb), and have been experiencing an extremely itchy and fine rah on my face and neck for a few days.  This recent exposure is what made me think that I had an allergy because I was washing my broken out face and neck and noticed the strong smell of metal, specifically iron.

i plan to take this little packet of supposedly highLy absorbable iron to my neat practitioner.

Any new information since you brought the purabsorb in?

When I was 19, I was anemic. A few years later, foods I had eaten for most of my life, gave me flu like symptoms, tiredness, achy etc. These foods included cabbage and paté. Since then black pudding and Guinness have the same affect. Just last week, I tried paté again to see if l'd 'grown out of it' but I had the worst diarrhoea ever and have felt drained since. Went to doctors when I first thought I was allergic to iron and he just fobbed me off. He made me think it was jyst coincidence. Too scared to try cabbage again as I am drained and in pain for 48 hours.

I have been allergic to iron all my life. When i was young every time I ate iron rich food I would get a really bad bleeding nose and this happened until I got my periods. I have had such heavy periods that I would be laid up with them. Then they told me I was anemic. I found out that I could not take iron superlments of any type as they were slowly killing me. Now I have no more periods I am getting bad nose bleeds again. I have been tested over and over again and have been told that I have a rare form of anemia. I have a lot of bad health issues on top of this. I am used to being dizzy all the time and I am so glad to find out that I am not alone in this. When my Mother was carrying me she was eating fruit sprayed with DDT. I have this in my genes. I was tested when I was in my early 30s. I am over weight because of this and have always had trouble with that. I was told I would never have kids I have 4 and none of them have this allergy to iron.  I am 48 now and was told that life would be very short. I have been giving times to live and die. It is scary when a doctor tells you you have 2 months left. Have been through this so many times and I am still here.

You have to find a doctor that will listern It took a few before I got fully dioagnosed. Hope you find one soon.