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缺铁的后果因人而异，但可能与总体健康及福祉的总体下降以及疲乏增加相关²⁰。即使没有贫血，缺铁也可能令人衰弱，并加重任何基础慢性疾病，从而导致发病率和死亡率增加⁶。在儿童中，缺铁可显著损害认知发育和运动发育²¹。

缺铁的症状多种多样，并且可能与其他病症的症状相似，这使得诊断具有挑战性^6,7。在咨询医疗保健专业人员时，列出您正在出现的所有症状很重要；看一下“症状检查器”，看看您是否能够识别出任何症状。

在记录您的病史之后，如果您的医疗保健专业人员怀疑您缺铁，那么他们将安排一项血液检查，以检查您体内的红细胞和铁水平⁷。血液检查是一项简单的程序，需要采集一小份血液样本，通常是从手臂上采集。实验室将针对几个可确认缺铁的不同项目对血液进行检测，如果缺铁，则检测缺铁量。人体所需的铁量因人而异，因此您的医生将与您讨论检查结果¹⁸。

诊断与治疗缺铁和缺铁性贫血很重要，因为它们不仅会对生活质量和身体的总体功能产生显著影响，而且还会对长期慢性疾病产生显著影响^2,6。如果您认为您可能缺铁，则请咨询您的医生。使用我们的患者讨论指南和“症状检查器”来帮助您为咨询您的医疗保健专业人员做好准备。

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