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Iron overload, or hemochromatosis
Hi, I’m a 65 year old woman. I just had a routine blood lab work and my iron level is 3-4 times higher than it should be. I’m testing tomorrow for the hemochromatosis gene. I’m scared of what this is.
Most of my health complaints I attribute to age as well as the past 5 years of high stress—arthritis, fatigue, depression, and chest pressure.
Thanks for any info and help.
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Kind of confirms $$$$$$$$$$$
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1 ReactionAnyone have ferroportin disease, aka hemachromatosis type 4? I am getting no help from my doctors. My genetic test shows a mutation on SLC40A1 but it wasn’t from my doctor’s approved lab. He won’t order the test from his lab because he says you can’t do anything about it anyway. I have given up but just started monitoring my groups again so I thought I would give it a shot. My liver enzymes have been getting better but the doc doesn’t monitor ferritin so who knows? When I first wondered about this my ferritin was high. My doc is also retiring but no replacement available.
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Levels. . If enzymes, albumin normal get another opinion.. slightly high? Super high, request Biopsy.. most of us have fatty liver. Non alcoholic. Hard to find liver docs.. good luck.. i reduced a lot of iron foods in his diet. It helped...
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