Jenny Pierre has a master’s degree in Business Administration and speaks five languages. However, their education cannot help but experience many other women, but many do not want to talk, but Pierre does it.
“At my lowest point my menstruation was 28 days a month. It was very painful. I would end up in the emergency room, I really can’t count how many times I would treat me for the night and send me home,” said Pierre.
One doctor after another insisted that there was nothing to worry about.
“I had a few incidents that went to work. It was really terrible,” said Pierre.
When his health began in Espiral, his life did so, giving rise to multiple emergency visits and a wealthy abortion.
“It was very hard. I lost a very good job, I was working there for years because I always ended up in the emergency room and I couldn’t go to work,” said Pierre.
Pierre finds hope after critical tests
Hope came when he met a gynecologist who found part of his struggle was linked to fibromas: abnormal growth that affect the uterus. This brought it to Dr. Steven Fein, a hematologist specializing in women’s health Heightcall. He found fibromas and a blood clots problem, combined with thick bleeding, resulted in iron deficiency and severe anemia.
“Many women have an iron deficiency and we know that black women have a larger double iron deficiency compared to white women. Up to 50% of all black women have an iron deficiency,” he said.
Fein said that Hispanic women are facing similar challenges, mainly due to the lack of conscience among doctors on the test necessary for iron deficiency.
“It’s a great challenge. Doctors do not know how to try iron because it is a different thing to try more than the hemoglobin number. So often doctors see that your hemoglobin looks good and they do not try iron separately,” said Fein.
Pierre’s health and life improve after treatment
Thanks to the usual iron infusions, Pierre’s health was significantly transformed.
“After my first iron transfusion, it was day and night. I would wake up and not feel like falling. I didn’t feel this tiredness,” said Pierre.
After with almost two years of suffering, Pierre’s health has turned a corner. Not only is he receiving ongoing iron treatments, he also results in his own consulting company and only eight weeks ago, he received even more wonderful news.
“We learned that we are pregnant and wait twins,” said Pierre.
Pierre offers this council to women who face health adversity, “I would say advocate.”
“We recommend that all women have iron tests periodically, even if it is once a year and definitely during their pregnancy. Any woman who feels tired or short should take iron tests as a way to discover what is wrong,” said Fein.
The doctor emphasized critical concern, black women experience mortality rates three times higher during pregnancy, increasing the instances of premature births and higher deaths. His research points to a link about these disparities and iron deficiency.
April 11-17 is Maternal Health Week Black, dedicated to raising and defending the improvement of maternal health results within the African American community.
