 Standing Up for Patients: An Interview with Dr. Derek Enlander
Discuss the article on the Forums.  Does anyone else take ages
to heal from cuts'n'bruises?  Discussion in 'Immunological'
started by Shell, Oct 3, 2012.    1. taniaaust1      taniaaust1
Senior Member      Sth Australia     I just thought of something
which could help someone. Last year I got classified with
borderline anemia.. not due to my blood levels but due to having
nearly no iron storage going on at all. This issue with iron
storage is common in ME (my CFS specialist has told me that many
of his ME/CFS patients are found to have it when tested).      I
eat massive amounts of meat (2-3 times daily) and that is why no
one had picked up that I had an iron issue going on before. My
new specialist has told me that when we have an chronic
infection we are using far more iron to replace cells.
Anyway.. I was wondering if many who have got the bruising
issue.. could have iron issues with their iron storage and at
times be low (but blood may b