Iron pills could be savior for the women suffering from unexplained fatigue. A study has revealed that iron pills can boost their energy levels by almost 50 percent.
Scientists have reached at the conclusion that supplements of the mineral helped fight feeling exhausted even in women who were not diagnosed as anaemic.
The study has found that taking supplements for 12 weeks reduced fatigue by almost a half in women who had low levels but were not classified as deficient.
Patients often complain of fatigue when they visit their physician and one third of them complain of the symptom at appointments.
The scientists also concluded that women are three times more prone to feelings of fatigue than men.
To reach at this conclusion a randomized controlled trial concerning 198 menstruating women between age of 18 and 50 years was conducted. In this study all women all iron deficient, non anaemic, with unexplained fatigue and ferritin levels below 50g/L were included. Ferritin, a protein stores iron and regulates its release into the body.
The trial was double-blinded, so participants and health care providers were not aware which group was receiving the supplement or placebo.
The findings of the study revealed that iron supplementation for 12 weeks reduced fatigue by almost 50 percent, with a significant difference of 19 percent compared with the placebo.
The iron supplements also showed positive effects on haemoglobin, ferritin and other blood levels in just six weeks after iron supplementation.
"We found that iron supplementation for 12 weeks decreased fatigue by almost 50 per cent from baseline, a significant difference of 19 per cent compared with placebo, in menstruating iron-deficient nonanaemic women with unexplained fatigue and ferritin levels below 50g/L," Dr Bernard Favrat, of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland has been quotes as saying in the Daily Mail .
"Iron deficiency may be an under-recognised cause of fatigue in women of child-bearing age.
"If fatigue is not due to secondary causes, the identification of iron deficiency as a potential cause may prevent inappropriate attribution of symptoms to emotional causes or life stressors, thereby reducing the unnecessary use of health care resources, including inappropriate pharmacologic treatments," Dr Favrat said further.
--with inputs from ANI
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