Raise awareness

What can you do to be involved?

Listen to your body and raise awareness

Your body immediately tells you when things are happening to you – whether you are tired, hungry, stressed or just not feeling quite right. Your body is constantly talking to you, but it is easy to misunderstand the messages it is sending you.

Why are we raising awareness?

Iron Deficiency is a highly prevalent and potentially very serious condition that can have a significantly negative impact on health and wellbeing in heart failure patients. It is easily diagnosed and very treatable, yet many people suffering from heart failure often dismiss the symptoms of iron deficiency as things to be expected when suffering from heart failure, especially fatigue and breathlessness. Iron Deficiency Day is a great initiative to help educate people on the importance of recognizing the symptoms and encouraging them to seek diagnosis and medical help from their physician.

Neil Johnson
Global Heart Hub
Neil Johnson

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Around 40% of women begin their pregnancy with low or depleted iron stores.1

If you have severe iron deficiency, there may be less haemoglobin in your blood and you may look pale.5

1 out of 10 patients at the age above 70 suffers of heart failure.2 About 50% have some form of iron deficiency, with and without anaemia.3,4

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