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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

Ritabert

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8. Have your doctor check your iron levels

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Original post)

Tue Jan 25, 2022, 11:40 AM

Jan 2022

My husband showed an enlarged liver on an unrelated scan and since he never drank much they kept looking for a cause. Turns out to be hereditary hemochromatosis. Fairly common among those of northern European, Scottish and Irish descent. It can damage the heart and liver with vague symptoms. Solution is to remove a pint of blood a month until the levels are down. We also follow a low iron diet which is easier for vegetarians.

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Liver disease. And I guess it ain't gonna be cured. Thing is, physician isn't sure what it is. [View all] 3Hotdogs Jan 2022 OP

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Milk thistle extract heals liver damage IbogaProject Jan 2022 #2

Also S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAMe) I-Scream Jan 2022 #3

I went through this little over a year ago. Just to give you some postive vibes. CentralMass Jan 2022 #4

Luckily I have no symptoms. 3Hotdogs Jan 2022 #6

Fatty liver (which is a bit of an epidemic in this country) doesesn't necessarily CentralMass Jan 2022 #9

I'm getting the fibroscan. 3Hotdogs Jan 2022 #7

i had a similar thing MFM008 Jan 2022 #5

Have your doctor check your iron levels Ritabert Jan 2022 #8