There must be some genetic resistance. A dear friend whose family immigrated from Scotland now has chronic iron deficiency in our environment. Coincidence, I know, but kinda funny.
this post was submitted on 30 Mar 2026
8 points (83.3% liked)
Haemochromatosis
39 readers
2 users here now
Haemochromatosis (also spelled hemochromatosis) is a hereditary condition causing the body to absorb too much iron, leading to iron overload in organs including the liver, heart, and pancreas.
This community is for people living with haemochromatosis, their families, and anyone interested in iron overload disorders.
Share your experiences, ask questions, discuss treatment, and connect with others.
Topics welcome here:
- Diagnosis experiences and ferritin/transferrin saturation results
- Phlebotomy/venesection treatment
- Diet and lifestyle
- Genetic testing and family screening
- News and research
- Questions for the community
Rules:
- Be respectful and supportive
- No spam or self-promotion
This is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult your doctor.
founded 2 days ago
MODERATORS
I may be dumb, which I am, but there does not seem to be a link to an article to describe what this is here, and there is no description in the post. While I did get the gist from the comments, if let me needs this community Opie should post a link to what the fuck it even is thank you very much. Wich I now know to be absorbing iron too effectively to have too much of it because of a low iron diet in the Celtic areas of the far north.
Should be fixed. Adding an image replaced the article URL and I didn't notice
Just give blood...
Literally, that's the treatment, it's the only way to remove stuff like iron. They even do an iron test Everytime, although they're looking for people under and not over the limit.
And I've never heard "Celtic curse" it's how people survived famine and no access to iron in their food supply. We're just super efficient at absorbing it. And modern diets are too high in iron
Unless, you just give blood. Which again, is the prescribed treatment if you ever test too high.
So just give blood routinely and be comfortably under the limit.
It's the easiest "curse" in the world to manage. Hell, leeches and bloodletting have been around for milenia as common treatments.
For much of recorded history, you'd stumble into proper treatment,. literally, from just bleeding
Pretty much sums it up. There are some other treatments researched very recently like synthetic hepcidin and gene therapy to correct the actual mutation. The hepcidin one was a successful human trial in Australia but at the end of it phlebotomy was still decided as the preferred method of treatment. I am waiting for an update on the gene editing treatment. Getting these things to market is a challenge unfortunately.
Everytime
Not a word, my dude.
My by-blood uncle passed away from this a few years ago