{"id":18278,"date":"2020-09-30T10:40:51","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T08:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/?p=18278"},"modified":"2021-03-10T12:13:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T11:13:37","slug":"menstruation-and-anemia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/menstruation-and-anemia\/","title":{"rendered":"Anemia and Menstruation &#8211; Is Your Period Making You Anemic?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p id=\"drscroll\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though iron supplements can be bought over the counter, your anemia may be part of a larger issue, and too much iron can build up heart, liver, joints, pancreas, and pituitary gland.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"sabox-plus-item\"><div class=\"saboxplugin-wrap\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" itemscope itemprop=\"author\"><div class=\"saboxplugin-tab\"><div class=\"saboxplugin-gravatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/shredatta.jpg\" width=\"100\"  height=\"100\" alt=\"Dr.Shree\" itemprop=\"image\"><\/div><div class=\"saboxplugin-authorname\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/author\/shreedatta\/\" class=\"vcard author\" rel=\"author\"><span class=\"fn\">Dr. Shree Datta<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"saboxplugin-desc\"><div itemprop=\"description\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element drdescr\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p class=\"drdes\">Dr. Shree Datta is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in London, specialising in women\u2019s health including all menstrual problems such as fibroids and endometriosis. Dr. Shree is a keen advocate for patient choice, having written numerous articles and books to promote patient and clinician information. Her vision resonates with INTIMINA, with the common goals of demystifying periods and delivering the best possible care to her patients.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"saboxplugin-socials \"><a title=\"Google\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themedicalchambers.com\/find-a-clinician\/ms-shree-datta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"saboxplugin-icon-grey\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sab-google\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 488 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M488 261.8C488 403.3 391.1 504 248 504 110.8 504 0 393.2 0 256S110.8 8 248 8c66.8 0 123 24.5 166.3 64.9l-67.5 64.9C258.5 52.6 94.3 116.6 94.3 256c0 86.5 69.1 156.6 153.7 156.6 98.2 0 135-70.4 140.8-106.9H248v-85.3h236.1c2.3 12.7 3.9 24.9 3.9 41.4z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a><a title=\"Linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/shree-datta-10320327\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"saboxplugin-icon-grey\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sab-linkedin\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M100.3 480H7.4V180.9h92.9V480zM53.8 140.1C24.1 140.1 0 115.5 0 85.8 0 56.1 24.1 32 53.8 32c29.7 0 53.8 24.1 53.8 53.8 0 29.7-24.1 54.3-53.8 54.3zM448 480h-92.7V334.4c0-34.7-.7-79.2-48.3-79.2-48.3 0-55.7 37.7-55.7 76.7V480h-92.8V180.9h89.1v40.8h1.3c12.4-23.5 42.7-48.3 87.9-48.3 94 0 111.3 61.9 111.3 142.3V480z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a><a title=\"Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drshreedatta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"saboxplugin-icon-grey\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"sab-twitter\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M459.37 151.716c.325 4.548.325 9.097.325 13.645 0 138.72-105.583 298.558-298.558 298.558-59.452 0-114.68-17.219-161.137-47.106 8.447.974 16.568 1.299 25.34 1.299 49.055 0 94.213-16.568 130.274-44.832-46.132-.975-84.792-31.188-98.112-72.772 6.498.974 12.995 1.624 19.818 1.624 9.421 0 18.843-1.3 27.614-3.573-48.081-9.747-84.143-51.98-84.143-102.985v-1.299c13.969 7.797 30.214 12.67 47.431 13.319-28.264-18.843-46.781-51.005-46.781-87.391 0-19.492 5.197-37.36 14.294-52.954 51.655 63.675 129.3 105.258 216.365 109.807-1.624-7.797-2.599-15.918-2.599-24.04 0-57.828 46.782-104.934 104.934-104.934 30.213 0 57.502 12.67 76.67 33.137 23.715-4.548 46.456-13.32 66.599-25.34-7.798 24.366-24.366 44.833-46.132 57.827 21.117-2.273 41.584-8.122 60.426-16.243-14.292 20.791-32.161 39.308-52.628 54.253z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h3>Article written by:<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though iron supplements can be bought over the counter, your anemia may be part of a larger issue, and too much iron can build up heart, liver, joints, pancreas,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":18279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.12 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Anemia and Menstruation: Is Your Period Making You Anemic?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Menstruation makes a big difference to your iron levels, which impacts your health in major ways. Here\u2019s what you need to know about anemia.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/menstruation-and-anemia\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lane Baumeister\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/menstruation-and-anemia\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/menstruation-and-anemia\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lane Baumeister\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3dc66dab50f58270d3f169e5d2fc8136\"},\"headline\":\"Anemia and Menstruation &#8211; Is Your Period Making You Anemic?\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-30T08:40:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-10T11:13:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/menstruation-and-anemia\/\"},\"wordCount\":46,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Menstruation\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/menstruation-and-anemia\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/menstruation-and-anemia\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/menstruation-and-anemia\/\",\"name\":\"Anemia and Menstruation: Is Your Period Making You Anemic?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-30T08:40:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-10T11:13:37+00:00\",\"description\":\"Menstruation makes a big difference to your iron levels, which impacts your health in major ways. Here\u2019s what you need to know about anemia.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/menstruation-and-anemia\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Intimina\",\"description\":\"A Health and Wellness Resource for Women\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Intimina\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/INTIMINA_logo-02.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/INTIMINA_logo-02.png\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":543,\"caption\":\"Intimina\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/intimina\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intimina\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/intimina\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/intimina\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCR_3_GPO6pkhDiFU9TZRdYA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3dc66dab50f58270d3f169e5d2fc8136\",\"name\":\"Lane Baumeister\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e148ba4849b7e5e5fdda437d46fe693?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e148ba4849b7e5e5fdda437d46fe693?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lane Baumeister\"},\"description\":\"Lane Baumeister is an internationally-based Canadian writer with several years' experience creating educational and entertaining articles that discuss intimate health and sexual well-being. When not waxing profound about menstruation, she devotes herself to enjoying extremely good food and equally bad movies.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/author\/lane-baumeister\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Anemia and Menstruation: Is Your Period Making You Anemic?","description":"Menstruation makes a big difference to your iron levels, which impacts your health in major ways. Here\u2019s what you need to know about anemia.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/menstruation-and-anemia\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lane Baumeister","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/menstruation-and-anemia\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/menstruation-and-anemia\/"},"author":{"name":"Lane Baumeister","@id":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3dc66dab50f58270d3f169e5d2fc8136"},"headline":"Anemia and Menstruation &#8211; Is Your Period Making You Anemic?","datePublished":"2020-09-30T08:40:51+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-10T11:13:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/menstruation-and-anemia\/"},"wordCount":46,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Menstruation"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/menstruation-and-anemia\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/menstruation-and-anemia\/","url":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/menstruation-and-anemia\/","name":"Anemia and Menstruation: Is Your Period Making You Anemic?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-09-30T08:40:51+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-10T11:13:37+00:00","description":"Menstruation makes a big difference to your iron levels, which impacts your health in major ways. Here\u2019s what you need to know about anemia.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/menstruation-and-anemia\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/","name":"Intimina","description":"A Health and Wellness Resource for Women","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Intimina","url":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/INTIMINA_logo-02.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/INTIMINA_logo-02.png","width":1000,"height":543,"caption":"Intimina"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/intimina","https:\/\/twitter.com\/intimina","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/intimina\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/intimina\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCR_3_GPO6pkhDiFU9TZRdYA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/3dc66dab50f58270d3f169e5d2fc8136","name":"Lane Baumeister","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e148ba4849b7e5e5fdda437d46fe693?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e148ba4849b7e5e5fdda437d46fe693?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lane Baumeister"},"description":"Lane Baumeister is an internationally-based Canadian writer with several years' experience creating educational and entertaining articles that discuss intimate health and sexual well-being. When not waxing profound about menstruation, she devotes herself to enjoying extremely good food and equally bad movies.","url":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/author\/lane-baumeister\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18278"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19020,"href":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18278\/revisions\/19020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intimina.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}