What is the effect of iron deficiency on skin, hair and nails?

Today I will talk about the effect of iron deficiency in the body on the skin and its accessories (nails and hair).

As it is known that the skin is a vital organ that coats the body and is often as a reflection of many of the internal diseases, including the effect of the decrease in the proportion of iron in the body on the skin.

From the wisdom of the Creator Gel and to deposit the iron element in most foods eaten by the rich and the poor starting from fresh vegetables such as lettuce, tomatoes, malukhya, spinach, lentils to meat and liver containing large amounts of this element.

The lack of iron has a clear effect on the skin, including paleness of color, which is indicative of a known disease is Anemia, which has many causes, one of which is lack of iron component, which leads to a defect in the composition of hemoglobin, the main component of red blood cells, as well as the clinical diagnosis of color Skin pale requires the effect of the work of blood tests to ascertain the proportion of iron, which decrease confirms the disease of anemia and sometimes may accompany the itching skin itching on the impact of anemia, apart from the skin affected by this decrease also see a change in the skin extensions such as nails, Longitudinal cheeks form to fall It is also called a “sphincter”. It is also noticed that inflammation of the lining of the mouth or tongue, with atrophy in the lips, all these changes may be seen in patients with iron deficiency.

And also hair is affected by a decrease in the proportion of iron in the blood, where less density and luster of natural and this is why we see most gynecologists and obstetricians pay great attention to provide pregnant visitors with iron element throughout pregnancy for fear of complications of anemia. Therefore, in the event of pallor in the skin, or in the nail or malfunction in the growth of natural hair requires the work of the necessary tests and first know the proportion of iron in the blood, which is the title of those symptoms and treatment is to compensate the proportion of iron in the body either by giving blood through the vein or to give the available iron pills in the markets. Or to increase the intake of products available in iron.

Dr. Ibrahim Misk