HEMOCHROMATOSIS: SYMPTOMS, TREATMENT AND HOW TO CONFIRM - GENETIC DISEASES

What Hemochromatosis is and how to identify the symptoms



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Hemochromatosis is a disease that causes excess iron in the body, which may accumulate in various organs of the body, and the onset of complications such as cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes, skin darkening, heart failure, joint pain or dysfunction of the glands, for example. This disease can be brought about in two ways: Hereditary hemochromatosis : it is the main cause of the disease, which happens due to mutations in the genes responsible for the absorption of iron in the digestive tract, which are now absorbed in great quantity; Secondary or Acquired Hemochromatosis : Iron accumulation occur