India, Aug. 29 -- Iron deficiency can often show up through everyday symptoms such as persistent fatigue, dizziness, exhaustion, pale skin or shortness of breath. But identifying low iron is not always as simple as checking a single blood marker. The test you get done can provide different insights into your iron status, and overlooking the body's iron stores while focusing only on circulating iron may leave a deficiency undetected.

Dr Priyanka Sehrawat, a general physician and neurologist trained at AIIMS, New Delhi, and currently associated with The Neuromed Clinic in Gurugram, is breaking down the different aspects of iron deficiency, including how to identify it and the common mistakes people can make while trying to correct it. In a...