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What Causes Loss Of Appetite, Mood Swings And Sleeplessness?
Question: Hi, my 23 year old daughter has the following symptoms, loss of appetite, no sleep, listlessness, mood swings, unable to work or concentrate. She has had no major incident to cause this. She has low iron, and suffers from thrush, but nothing else
Brief Answer:
Due to low hemoglobin
Detailed Answer:
Hello, thanks for trusting health care magic.
The symptoms your daughter is getting can be due to two reasons-
- most probably related to the low hemoglobin level you have mentioned and it is fairly common to have these features in anemic girls.
- PMS pre menstrual syndrome - that is patient has typical mood swings and are seen 7-10 days prior to the expected date of periods and subside with periods.
She should start taking some iron syrup or tablets readily available in market.
Also ask her to
- take lots of water
- include salads, green leafy vegetables, droits like pomegranate, apple, guava and pear in her daily diet.
Follow this for a month and then repeat hemoglobin levels to see response.
If symptoms still persist and are bothersome then visit a gynecologist for examination.
But if she has the periodic pattern of mood swings then she needs to visit a gynecologist now as she might need hormones to regulate the same.
Take care and all the best.
Due to low hemoglobin
Detailed Answer:
Hello, thanks for trusting health care magic.
The symptoms your daughter is getting can be due to two reasons-
- most probably related to the low hemoglobin level you have mentioned and it is fairly common to have these features in anemic girls.
- PMS pre menstrual syndrome - that is patient has typical mood swings and are seen 7-10 days prior to the expected date of periods and subside with periods.
She should start taking some iron syrup or tablets readily available in market.
Also ask her to
- take lots of water
- include salads, green leafy vegetables, droits like pomegranate, apple, guava and pear in her daily diet.
Follow this for a month and then repeat hemoglobin levels to see response.
If symptoms still persist and are bothersome then visit a gynecologist for examination.
But if she has the periodic pattern of mood swings then she needs to visit a gynecologist now as she might need hormones to regulate the same.
Take care and all the best.
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