SYMPTOMS

• Liver disease
• Weakness and lethargy
• Darkening of skin
• Joint pain or infection of immune cells
• Some people don't experience symptoms until the age of 40

SYMPTOMS CONTINUED

• Lack of energy
• Abdominal pain
• Memory fog
• Loss of sex drive
• Irregular heart beats or heart flutters

DIAGNOSIS

• Blood & genetic tests
• Iron levels
• Liver biopsy
• Radiological/MRI methods
• Ferritin levels

TREATMENTS

• Therapeutic phlebotomy; blood removal
• Diet
• Avoids alcohol

WORK CITED

• http://www.hemochromatosis.org/symptoms-of-hemochromatosis
• http://www.hemochromatosis.org/treatment
• http://www.uptodate.com/contents/hemochromatosis-hereditary-iron-overload-b...
• http://www.uptodate.com/contents/hemochromatosis-hereditary-iron-overload-b...
• http://www.haemochromatose.ch/en/prognosis.php

RISKS

• Mainly white people get this disease
• 10% of people who have it are white
• 5 out of every 1000 who are white have the condition

PeDIGREE

LIFE EXPECTANCY