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I have a friend who has this, and she has blood taken every few months. It doesn't affect her much, and she does drink wine, but not sure how much.
how does your body "make" iron?
we "need" iron to survive, our blood is iron based, when we get low in iron we get haemopheliac - but we don't make it ourselves.
WTF?
the normal body stops absorbing iron from digestion when the daily requirement is met ... someone with hemochromatosis doesn't stop absorbing iron even when the requirements are exceeded.
iron is in most foods. some foods, like red meat, have a much higher proportion of iron than - say - nuts.
like all heavy metals, excess iron is not passed from the body so therefore this excess absorbed amount is stored in the liver, heart and pancreas. a normal body absorbs around 10 (whatevers) daily whereas someone like myself absorbs up to 40-70 (whatevers) daily, so the balance stored builds up very quickly.
apparently this stored iron can reach levels to set off airport metal detectors. a restrictive diet has very little affect - although it is recommended to cut out red meat for the iron, and alcohol because it increases iron absorbtion and gives the struggling storage liver a hard time.
there has been some success with calcium supplements as calcium blocks iron absorbtion, but the apparently the body adjusts within months to compensate for the extra calcium and continues on it's merry way.
For thiose who think they may have Obstructive Sleep Apnoea, PLEASE GET CHECKED OUT.
I have needlessly suffered for at least the last 8 years but got tested late last year and got my CPAP machine on December the 16th and have not felt this well since my teens. !!! the difference is incredible.
Glad they finally made a diagnosis Lizzie... now you can start working on the treatment.the first thing the new doc did was take a quick history of symptons etc and looked at the last tests - iron and something else (name slips me for the moment) are high and she said that in a female of my age that sends out warning signs that i might have a genetic condition called hemochromatosis whereas the body "makes" to much iron. sent me for a new round of blood tests to either confirm or rule it out before we go further.
The link in my post above contradicts this information, which is good for you Lizzie:reading up on the diet recommendations - no red meat, NO WINE! or alcohol of any kind and a list of recommended diet supplements as long as my arm.
Depends on the model purchased... the more you pay, the quieter they get.Savanna, Apparently those machines are very noisy which then disturbs partners. Have you found this to be the case?