Complications of HMB
The most prevalent complication of HMB is iron deficiency anaemia,9 as menstruation is the most common cause of anaemia in premenopausal women.3 Indeed, for some patients, a diagnosis of iron deficiency anaemia can be the prompt for HMB identification.5
Common symptoms of iron deficiency anaemia include3:
- Fatigue
- Breathlessness
- Headache
- Restless leg syndrome
- Cognitive dysfunction.
Other iron deficiency anaemia symptoms include:
- Weakness
- Dizziness
- Pale skin
- Dry damaged hair and moderate alopecia
- Irritability
- Palpitations
- Itching
- Sore tongue
- Tinnitus
- Abnormal cravings for ice or dirt
- Changes in the nails, such as becoming spoon shaped or having long ridges.
