| Re: Anyone Have a Fibroid & It Has Caused Hair Loss
If you have a fribroid, then most likely your estrogen is also high, which is an environment that fibroids just love.
If you have high estrogen it can also be likely that your other hormones are out and you could possibly have high testosterone/low progesterone.
If the hair loss is solely due to low iron levels, it can take a while to build up your reserves, depending on how depleted they are and it also depends what your low iron is a symptom of.
I had low iron and later found out about my fibroid. My periods became much lighter after i took a herbal mix from a naturopath and it still didn't fix my low iron and i was on a high dose iron supplement. In the end i found out that i did have a thyroid problem all along, when back in 2000 i was told that i didn't.
Often when all your hormones are messed up, be they thyroid, adrenal or other hormones, hair will shed and until the hormone issue isn't corrected you will keep shedding.
The problem right now is finding out what precisely is causing the hair loss. Like the other poster said, checking for anemia/low iron is a good start. Most doctors wont include ferretin. A lot of times you need to ask for it. The same with the thyroid, they must check TSH, T4, T3 and Thyroid Antibodies. Most doctors only check TSH and this is how people go undiagnosed for years and years.
It's usually best to check your levels prior to self supplementing, but the dosage of the iron pills you mentioned is fine.
With the fibroid, if you do have estrogen excess, removing the fibroid wont fix the estrogen excess. it will help your periods, until the fibroid/s decide to grow back as they do love a high estrogen environment. Might be a good idea to find out where you are at with your hormones to prevent/minise future fibroid growth. I've left my firbroid for now and am working on my estrogen problem.
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