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Hemochromatosis life expectancy
A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Lance Steinanswered
Specializes in Hepatology
For Life: The disease is not curable with phlebotomy. However, it can be treatable. Phlebotomy is performed until a ferritin level of 50 is achieved and this ... Read More
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Dr. (Liz)Phuong Trananswered
Family Medicine 37 years experience
Not reversible : Pt cen get phlebotomy on as need basis to maintain hematocrit about 40%.Other lab markers
ferritin, transferrin, TIBC levels are important as well.The... Read More
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Dr. Ed Friedlanderanswered
Pathology 46 years experience
Lifelong: Once you get most of the iron out of you, you will require only occasional phlebotomy. You'll monitor it and get treated as you need.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlanderanswered
Pathology 46 years experience
Absolutely: Thanks for your wanting to serve. Hemochromatosis is very common, and it is extremely easy to manage with phlebotomy. I'm hoping that it was diagosed ... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Maritza Baezanswered
Family Medicine 19 years experience
A few: Lack of energy, abdominal pain, memory fog, loss of sex drive, heart flutters, irregular heart beat. When symptoms are associated with hemochromatosis... Read More
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Dr. Ed Friedlanderanswered
Pathology 46 years experience
That's moot: Hemochromatosis is able to produce a huge number of different symptoms -- everything that diabetes or liver failure can do, as well as gray-bronzing o... Read More
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Dr. Mary Efremovanswered
Internal Medicine 45 years experience
Depends: Depends on age and gender, also which organ is affected...There is a large spectrum. This is inherited so speak to your kids and family to get tested.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlanderanswered
Pathology 46 years experience
Iron overload: This is a genetic tendency to absorb iron too readily through the gut, overloading and damaging the organs. Of all the common, deadly diseases that di... Read More
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A 45-year-old male asked:
Dr. Dan Fisheranswered
Internal Medicine 29 years experience
Inherited: Inherited disorder of any one of a number of genes that are involved in iron transport and storage. The vast majority of hemochromatosis is type ! a ... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jason Hemminganswered
Gastroenterology 19 years experience
Recessive (sort of): The common genetic defect in the hfe gene for phenotypic hemochromatosis is the c282y/c282y homozygous. However other defects other than c282y can lea... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. Aurea Tomeskianswered
Internal Medicine 62 years experience
Yes: Hemochromatosis is iron storage disease or iron overload.. If not treated, it will damage body organs like
The heart, liver , pancreas. It can give ... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlanderanswered
Pathology 46 years experience
No: The color is normal. Brown blood usually means methemoglobin.
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A 48-year-old female asked:
Dr. Joseph Ortizanswered
Internal Medicine 22 years experience
No: Stress is not known to be a factor that can worsen hemochromatosis.
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A 58-year-old male asked:
Dr. Ed Friedlanderanswered
Pathology 46 years experience
Very much so: Untreated hemochromatosis ("bronze diabetes") will often cause diabetes that will self-cure when the hemochromatosis is treated.
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