The Irish Curse

[MaxMan]

My wife is Irish and Scandinavian, her maiden name was Stalcup (Steel Cap), I am Irish and English Great Grandma spoke Celtic and mom couldn't understand her for the longest time. Any way those of Irish decent have a small chance of carrying a gene for Hemochromatosis. This disease limits the absorption of Iron which then builds up in various organs and causes trouble. My wife has the gene and the disease, and both my boys have it. Treatment is giving blood at first very often every two weeks in my wife case initially. Diet is restricted all food low in Iron. It is almost asymptomatic until it has done much damage. They didn't catch my wife's in time and now she has nonalcoholic liver disease, We are in the process of trying to determine how bad. If you are of Northern European ancestry, might was to consider getting it checked next time you see the doc.

 

[JackBull]

My wife is Irish and Scandinavian, her maiden name was Stalcup (Steel Cap), I am Irish and English Great Grandma spoke Celtic and mom couldn't understand her for the longest time. Any way those of Irish decent have a small chance of carrying a gene for Hemochromatosis. This disease limits the absorption of Iron which then builds up in various organs and causes trouble. My wife has the gene and the disease, and both my boys have it. Treatment is giving blood at first very often every two weeks in my wife case initially. Diet is restricted all food low in Iron. It is almost asymptomatic until it has done much damage. They didn't catch my wife's in time and now she has nonalcoholic liver disease, We are in the process of trying to determine how bad. If you are of Northern European ancestry, might was to consider getting it checked next time you see the doc.

Have you seen a naturopathic doctor?

 

[sceva]

un Diagnosed Hemochromatosis killed my brother in Law (wife's brother). From what I understand both parents need to be carriers of the gene and you need to get it from both parents to actually have the disease. Because of the way parents each pass on half a genetic load children cand get neither gene, One gene (carrier) or both genes ( have the disease). It effects men more than women (supposedly women are naturally more anemic) and men should not take iron supplements. As an result of my BIL's death a lot of family members got tested and those that had it were able to start treatment. With treatment you can live a long and relatively normal life.

 

[Don Lovel]

I lost an awesome friend to hemochromitosis.
The had to shunt into his bowel which gave him ammonia psychosis and he had a huge anxiety attack and hallucinations and then had a heart attack while tie restrained in a Denver hospital bed.
Horrible way for a real back country Colorado mountain man to die. RIP Micah Cobb