Originally Posted by February

Hi. I just saw this and another post regarding iron deficiency. I had iron deficiency with autonomic involvement and it was not addressed properly. I also have changes with heart rate, slow breathing, and chest pains. Sometimes my ekgs were ok and sometimes abnormal.

I eventually asked for iron infusions to correct the deficiency and my autonomic symptoms improved and chest pains went away completely. I asked my primary, who contacted a hematologist who was willing to give weekly infusions.

There is not much awareness about autonomic involvement with iron deficiency. I don't think there are enough studies. Here is one of the few I found.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17660705