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Is there a treatment for iron overload?

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Yes: Iron overload damages the liver, heart, and other organs; and it causes fatigue, weakness, joint pains, abdominal pain, etc... Treatment is by blood-letting (taking blood out of the person) and/or chelation (using chemicals to bind up the iron and remove it from the body).

Answered 9/28/2016

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Dr. Charles Greenberg answered

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Yes: Phlebotomy which is removal of red blood cells or oral drugs that block iron absorption alos IV drug that binds iron see a md.

Answered 6/10/2014

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