My 16-year-old fainted in the hallway and hit her head on the doorframe.
We spent the night in the ER. The doctor said, “It’s a small stroke — her ferritin is critically low.”
Her body hadn’t had enough iron to oxygenate her brain.
I can’t stop thinking of all the times she said she was “just tired.”
She’d nap after school, look pale, chew ice, feel cold in summer. I brushed it off as school stress.
Parents, please check before it gets serious:
Ask for ferritin, CBC, and transferrin saturation
Take iron away from coffee, tea, or dairy
Always add vitamin C
Re-test every 4–8 weeks
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