When Laura Jackson first began to experience bouts of tiredness, she put it down to being a working mum with two babies.
When Laura Jackson first began to experience bouts of tiredness, she put it down to being a working mum with two babies.
Then 38, Laura had a one-year-old and a three-year-old who she says kept her up most nights.
But things changed when, last year, she went to give blood.
Laura has a rare type of blood – A-negative – and regularly donates.
So she was surprised when she was told she was not allowed to on this occasion. Her blood, the nurse explained, was markedly low in iron.
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She donates blood each time her son is going to hospital due to a health condition.
'I tried to give blood but was told I had low iron levels - truth was sinister'
Estaba cansada todo el tiempo y su médico lo atribuyó a falta de hierro; sin embargo, era una enfermedad mortal
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