Thursday's Risk Factor - iron overload (gene mutation)

"Brad Sheppard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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My neighbor has the full-blown hemochromatosis and is now
at death's door.

"Male carriers of the common hemochromatosis gene mutation
are at 2-fold risk of a first heart attack compared with
noncarriers. Some 10% to 20% of the population carry at
least one gene for hemochromatosis. Full-blown
hemochromatosis affects about 0.5% and gene carriers
usually do not know that they are at increased risk. They
have almost no increase in iron stores over those without
the mutation [Circulation: Journal of the American Heart
Association September 21, 1999;100].

Giving blood is the best way to lower iron stores, but a
more recent study found no protective effect against heart
attack among men who donated blood regularly. [Circulation
January 2, 2001]" diagnose-diagnose-Open ↗
me.com/cond/C70120.html#H3

I avoid vitamins containing iron and also discovered the
Red Cross won't let you donate blood once you had a
heart attack.

Bill

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Quoted message said:

"Brad Sheppard" <[email hidden]> wrote in
message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

My neighbor has the full-blown hemochromatosis and is
now at death's door.

Very nasty disease. I know someone who has it too!

Quoted message said:

I avoid vitamins containing iron and also discovered the
Red Cross won't let you donate blood once you had a
heart attack.

Bill

............................ Look at this especially if you
have vitamins and encourage your children to eat them. Site
and Snippet follows.

vm.cfsan.fda.govbgiron.htmlOpen ↗

January 15, 1997

Efforts to protect children from accidental iron poisoning
are getting a boost from new FDA regulations published in
the Jan. 15, 1997, Federal Register. Accidental overdose of
iron pills is a leading cause of poisoning deaths among
young children.

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