Anyone have the genetic testing for hematochrosis?

[Guest guest]

Liz how is your father? To answer your question in short no.

What is hemotochrosis and did you spell it right because only 5

results came up for it on Google and none of which sound like

anything we'd test our kids for. Does your child have hepatitis?

" People with Hepatitis C often have a complication called

hematochrosis. This is iron deposits in the liver tissue itself.

This is a very dangerous condition and patients are often treated

with phlebotomies (the removal of a portion of blood). Furthermore

there is speculation that the virus uses iron in its life cycle. For

these reasons iron should be avoided. If you suffer from this

condition, I would also avoid cooking in iron pots as the iron is

leached out into the food. "

http://frontline-Hepatitis C.com/vitamins.htm

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[Guest guest]

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Did you mean hemochromatosis? an iron overload disorder. this is a

genetic disorder that does not allow the iron to deplete itself from

the liver and patients with this gene need to phlebotomize every

month, depending on how high their iron levels are. Women who have

menses need not phlebotomize since their body naturally depletes blood

each month.

My husband carries the gene but neither of his parents knows who

passed it on to him. If not taken care of it can lead to psoriasis of

the liver, diabetes and heart disease. He developed a pain in his

stomach and went to a internal medicine specialist who then referred

him to a hemotologist. The hemotologist told us the history behind

this gene. Hemochromatosis is less common in African Americans, Asian

Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and American Indians.

If the iron overload caused by hemochromatosis is diagnosed and

treated before organ damage has occurred, a person can live a normal,

healthy life.

People who have joint disease, severe and continuing fatigue, heart

disease, elevated liver enzymes, impotence, and diabetes should ask

their doctor to test for the HH (hereditary hemochromatosis) because

these conditions may result from hemochromatosis.

Hematochrosis vs. hemochromotosis - wish the medical field would stop

making medical conditions so closely related. It gets so confusing!

all the best,

Joanne