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  • Iron overload
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  • No matter what the cause, treatment usually consists of bloodletting (the hemoglobin in red blood cells contain most of the body's iron), usually on a weekly basis until iron levels fall back withing range or, if the patient cannot tolerate bloodletting, chelation . Complications are common and include cirrhosis of the liver and liver cancer .
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mortalityrate
  • Low
symptom
  • Cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes, cardiomyopathy, arthritis, failure of testicles, grey discoloration of skin, joint pain, bone pain
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Name
  • Iron overload
Type
  • Varies
treatment
  • Bloodletting, chelation
Cause
  • Various
abstract
  • No matter what the cause, treatment usually consists of bloodletting (the hemoglobin in red blood cells contain most of the body's iron), usually on a weekly basis until iron levels fall back withing range or, if the patient cannot tolerate bloodletting, chelation . Complications are common and include cirrhosis of the liver and liver cancer .