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I suffer from iron deficiency anemia,whenever i take any iron supplements i get serious twitches,constant in some places like thumb.why this happens?

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Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Iron deficiency: It's unlikely that iron supplements would cause twitching of the thumb. Muscle twitching has many causes, including low calcium (such as can occur with vitamin D deficiency) or by low Magnesium levels (which lead to a low Calcium level)

Answered 6/23/2017

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