Iron deficiency - tired, listless and emotionally weakened.

GYN & PERINATAL ZURICH > Iron deficiency - tired, listless and emotionally weakened.

Jenny Kaufmann felt tired, listless and emotionally weakened for a long time. The symptoms affected the training manager's private and professional everyday life so much that she thought of depression herself.

After a check-up at the doctor's and a ferritin measurement, the diagnosis was clear. The 35-year-old suffered from severe iron deficiency.

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