Anemia Support Group

I'm going to bring this up with the hematologist tomorrow but I was wondering if anyone else had this issue. Does anyone know if anemia can cause irregular periods?

I've never been regular except when I was on the pill. I usually only have a handful of periods a year but I just got one after having my first infusion and being on the oral iron pills for a month now. I guess I should also bring up to him any issues with the infusions and pregnancy. I have no children and my husband and I have been talking about it and if my period becomes regular and my sex drive increases again than the possibility of becoming pregnant could be real.

I don't believe so - mine have always been irregular as well - but those are regulated by your hormones and not your blood levels.

I have been using Merina IUC for 3 years and thought my irregular, spotty periods were from that. Then I was tested for anemia and found out that I had a severe case...even though I had regularly been donating blood without knowing about the anemia--and the techs somehow didn't catch it. But just in the last 4 months while I've been on iron supplements for about 5 months, my periods are occurring quite regularly again! I just researched it also, and yes, it seems quite possible that anemia can cause irregular and skipped periods.

my periods were always irregular i didnt think anything bout it i was a heavy bleeder it never dawned on me it was anemia til sept of this year 2012 i went to er bleeding i had already had my period so i wanted to know wat was wrong i was sick but i knew it wasnt my strep throat cuzing me to bleed they did cbc asked me if i ever had cancer and if my ounts had ever been low i didnt know wat they was talking bout but they said your not going home for a few days cuz your white and red blood cells and platelets are extremely low and are dropping and your anemic so i was hospitalized 5 days had to have 2 units blood and a bone marrow biopsy just think if i never would have caught my babygirls strep throat i would never have known and i would be dead cuz the blood is wat saved my life...my bone marrow biopsy came back normal no cancer its just not suppressing like it should avoid being sick lol thats like telling it not to rain i seen 3 drs i think my regular dr my cancer dr and my obgyn dr ..i have days i cant lift my head cuz im so weak and dizzy my obgyn did hysterectomy the 27th of nov 2012 well i went 4th of dec 2012 found out im not only chronic anemic i have pancytopenia all 3 blood counts and iron low again go back 3 months for blood work go bak 6 months for dr i started bleeding again i have no uterus i went 6th for postop dr said cuz of my counts and anemia i wont heal as quick s someone else take it easy my counts being low and my anemia is wat cuzed the bleeding it might take 2 months for me to completely heal i was told i was anemic in 1997 when i was pregnant with my daughter hope but wasnt told anything else after i had her i use to sleep all the time well now i know why ive been anemic for years just didnt know so i recommend you get cheked for anemia its not something to joke bout im searching everything bout it posting it to my fb so others can be warned i gotta go back to obgyn in 3 weeks i stay tired weak dizzy all the time