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Does excess iron cause diabetes?

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Dr. Michio Abeanswered

Internal Medicine 28 years experience

Yes!: Iron overload as in hereditary hemochromatosis or repeated transfusions can cause secondary diabetes due to pacreatic islet beta cell failure.

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