 [ Symptoms ] 68 year old female with ms iron deficiency anemia what health problems may occur  she is now sleeping later than normal falls asleep all the timeeven when in the middle of a conversation or on her electronic scootersnippy agitated pulse rate 145 forgetting things she has just done or talked about weaker she does not walk she uses a wheel chair andor scooter she is 204 lbs she does not exercise i am very concerned about what health problems may occur for lifelonglife threatening how can i get more ferrous in her diet [ Disease ] hello first a disclaimer i am not a professional anything just a sociology degree and anemia most of my life has your woman friend been tested to explain her anemia i was literally anemic for almost 50 years and when no one could find the reason they just gave up but being anemic really affected me i finally found a hematologist who did a test that measured how much epo the drug that cyclists were using illegally which i believe is a hormone my kidneys produced this was an ah ha moment because epo is what  notells the cells in our bone marrow to produce red blood cells it turns out that my kidneys do not produce enough lazy things<positive_smiley> i ended up receiving shots of epo weekly it certainly made me feel better if she can not walk ms right  can a physical therapistpt come to your home and at least help her exercise her extremities i know my wheelchair bound neighbor has a pt come in a few times a week speaking from experience it is so difficult to get someone to exercise no type of encouragement seems to work i imagine she is not feeling very happy to be blunt i imagine you have already contacted the doc about her fade outs heart beat etc my heart beat used to get very very slow and my head would drop to the desk as if i had fainted do you suppose there is a connection between her heart and her symptoms good luck to you and your friend lastly i so hope you have a doctor who cares a really good doctor who displays their compassion and concern can make all the difference