Has it happened to anyone that if you don't have a good night sleep you look very pale the next day or next days?

A few people have told me I look very pale and I have noticed it usually gets noticed a day or two after not having a good night sleep. I was slightly anemic and I am taking Iron for it. Why does this happens only when I don't get a good night sleep ?

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Oh sorry guys I forgo to mention my surgery was 3 months ago

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This is worth a call to Dr. and an H&H blood test.

Iron deficiency and anemia are common after a gastric bypass or other weight-loss surgery, especially in women. In fact, iron deficiency can occur in more than half of women who are premenopausal who have this surgery.

https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentTypeID=134&ContentID=108

I am 3 years post-op RNY gastric bypass surgery. After about a year, as a result of the annual blood work, they determined that I was iron deficient. They put me on an iron supplement. There are different chemical types of iron supplements and the one they prescribed was Ferrous Sulfate. So if your supplement is a different chemistry, you may want to switch to this type for better absorption. Also iron and Calcium should not be taken at the same time. If you take them together than the iron will not be absorbed. They should be taken with at least 2 hour separation. Since I am taking calcium spread out over the entire day and because I also consume other forms of calcium such as milk, I decided to move my iron supplement to just before bedtime in order to minimize any interference between calcium and iron. This should maximize my iron absorption. If you are taking your iron supplement in the morning, you might want to shift it to just before bedtime. This is because you "don't have a good night sleep you look very pale the next day."

Call your MD. Be safe.

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Yep I still am. I never thought a Black person could look pale. I am anemic.

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