What are the main symptoms of an iron deficiency?
The main symptoms of an iron deficiency are tiredness, lack of energy, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, pale skin.
Meanwhile, less common symptoms include headaches, hearing ringing, food tasting strange, feeling itchy, a sore tongue, and hair loss.
Some people may also experience wanting to eat non-food items, finding food hard to swallow, and develop painful open sores as well as spoon-shaped nails and restless legs syndrome.
Should these symptoms develop and you go to your GP, they are likely to take a blood test to establish whether or not there is a deficiency.