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How can you naturally treat hereditary hemochromatosis?
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Blood donation: By regularly donating blood, one can lower the iron stores in the body.
Answered 6/22/2015
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Blood donation: If you're an 18 year old who's just gotten his hemochromatosis diagnosis, then i want to say -- congratulations! you're escaped years of "the blahs" and ultimately becoming seriously sick with cirrhosis, heart rhythm problems, and/or diabetes. Treating this common disease by phlebotomy is a piece of cake, and in fact, you can manage it "naturally" as a blood donor serving others.
Answered 9/18/2019
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A member asked:
Hi.I have been diagnosed with high iron level (244)and high saturation (79%)but normal ferritin (137)and no hereditary hemochromatosis. What do I have?
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A member asked:
After phlebotomies for hereditary hemochromatosis ferritin is 3, sat is 14%, but iron 40 - is this id anemia?
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A member asked:
Hemochromatosis is always hereditary or congenital? I have cirrhosis in the liver and moderate iron accumulation, which one caused the other one?
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