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What else is hemochromatosis known as?
Hemochromatosis is also known as iron overload, bronze diabetes, hereditary hemochromatosis and familial hemochromatosis.
What is the origin of the word hemochromatosis?
Hemochromatosis is Latin-based.
The genetic disorder in which the intestines absorb too much iron is known as?
Hemochromatosis
What are the nursing diagnosis for hemochromatosis?
Hemochromatosis is too much iron in the body. It is also called iron overload.
What is another medical term for hemochromatosis?
Hemosiderosis is a close term to hemochromatosis. Iron overload is another name.
What does an increase in hemoglobin do?
A minor increase in hemoglobin helps the blood carry oxygen better. This is common and a normal accommodation in people that live at high altitude.An excessive increase in hemoglobin causes the disease hemochromatosis, the typical treatment prescribed for hemochromatosis is frequent blood donations to reduce the level of hemoglobin. Untreated hemochromatosis can cause iron deposition in several organs (including the brain) resulting in damage to those organs and worsening of symptoms of various other illnesses that might be present.
What is the Celtic curse?
Hereditary hemochromatosis
What are the causes of hemochromatosis?
you're born with it
Can you donate blood if you have hemochromatosis?
Yes
Symptoms of cirrhosis or liver disease?
What are the symptoms and signs of cirrhosis? Patients with cirrhosis may have few or no symptoms and signs of liver disease. Some of the symptoms may be nonspecific, that is, they don't suggest that the liver is their cause. Some of the more common symptoms and signs of cirrhosis include: * Yellowing of the skin (jaundice) due to the accumulation of bilirubin in the blood * Fatigue * Weakness * Loss of appetite * Itching * Easy bruising from decreased production of blood clotting factors by the diseased liver.
Did JFK have hemochromatosis?
JFK had Addison's disease.
When does hemochromatosis usually appear?
between the ages of 40-60 years, since it takes many years for the body to accumulate excessive iron. Symptoms appear later in females than in males--usually after menopause.
