Types of Hemochromatosis:
Broader types of Hemochromatosis:
Prevalance of Hemochromatosis: more than 1 million Americans (CDC); 5 per 1000 in Caucasians (NIDDK); 1-in-200 to 1-in-300
Prevalance Rate of Hemochromatosis: approx 1 in 272 or 0.37% or 1 million people in USA [about data]
Undiagnosed prevalence of Hemochromatosis: 1.5 million Americans (Hemochromatosis Foundation)
Undiagnosed prevalence rate of Hemochromatosis:
approx 1 in 181 or 0.55% or 1.5 million people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Hemochromatosis:
About 5 people in
1,000 (0.5 percent) of the U.S. Caucasian population carry two copies of
the hemochromatosis gene and are susceptible to developing the disease.
(Source: excerpt from Hemochromatosis: NIDDK)
Profile for Hemochromatosis: Hemochromatosis is less common in African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and American Indians.
Men are about five times more likely to be diagnosed with hemochromatosis than women. Men also tend to develop problems from the excess iron at a younger age. (Source: excerpt from Hemochromatosis: NIDDK)
Gender Profile for Hemochromatosis: Men 5 times more likely, and men get it earlier
Complications of Hemochromatosis:
see complications of Hemochromatosis
Deaths for Hemochromatosis: 238 deaths (NHLBI 1999)
Causes of Hemochromatosis: see causes of Hemochromatosis
Cause of Hemochromatosis: There are several causes of haemochromotosis. However, the most common is a genetic defect (hereditary hemochromatosis) that is inherited from family history and thus you have it at birth. However, family members won't necessarily have it themselves, but be silent "carriers" who have some of the genes. Some people end up with the right mixture of genes and get HHC. But some people who even have the right (i.e. wrong) mixture of genes, still don't get HHC.
Causes of Hemochromatosis:
Healthy people usually absorb about 10 percent of the iron contained in
the food they eat. People with hemochromatosis absorb about 20 percent.
The body has no natural way to rid itself of excess iron, so extra iron is
stored in body tissues, especially the liver, heart, and pancreas.
(Source: excerpt from Hemochromatosis: NIDDK)
Risk factors for Hemochromatosis:
see
risk factors for Hemochromatosis
Symptoms of Hemochromatosis: see symptoms of Hemochromatosis
Complications of Hemochromatosis: see complications of Hemochromatosis
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Hemochromatosis.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Hemochromatosis.
Doctors and Medical Specialists for Hemochromatosis: Hepatologist, Gastroenterologist, Hematologist, Endocrinologist, Cardiologist, Rheumatologist
;
see also doctors and medical specialists for Hemochromatosis.
Treatments for Hemochromatosis:
see treatments for Hemochromatosis
Prevention of Hemochromatosis:
see prevention of Hemochromatosis
Research for Hemochromatosis:
see research for Hemochromatosis
Organs and body systems related to Hemochromatosis include:
Main name of condition: Hemochromatosis
Other names or spellings for Hemochromatosis:Iron Overload, Haemochromatosis, bronze diabetes, HHC
Haemochromatosis
Source - Diseases Database
Iron-storage disease, Iron overload, Bronzed diabetes, Hemochromatosis, Iron-storage disease, Bronzed diabetes
Source - WordNet 2.1
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