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My urine its strong does that mean i have a iron?

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Dr. Michael Dugan answered

Specializes in Hematology

If you mean iron: Overload (excess iron), no. Iron is lost through he intestines (bowel) by sloughing of mucosal lining cells in mg amounts per day, and certainly not in a fashion that would produce and odor.

Answered 2/2/2013

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