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Please tell me if it is possible to get minor heart palpitations from lack of iron?
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No: Iron deficiency does not affect the heart rhythm. The only exception is if you're so profoundly anemic, you're not supplying enough oxygen to the heart muscle. At your age, you would have to have a hemoglobin of.
Answered 12/20/2013
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