Diagnosed at age 59.
Started feeling symptoms at age 45.
Found out via 23 & Me.
“I can’t wait to be able to play with my grandchildren!”
Learn more about Rosie’s journey with hemochromatosis in the full post.
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INTERVIEW WITH FERRITIN FAIRY
Most affected by: over-sleep and low libido
Advice to others: “Read your food labels.”
Fun fact: “I am staying in a hunting farm in Namibia.”
Read more of Ferritin Fairy’s story by clicking on the post.
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Diagnosed at age 19.
“Always had period problems, but it stopped in August of my freshman year of college. It didn’t return for almost a year later. A couple months before that, my hair started to fall out and get really thin. Doctors misdiagnosed me with endometriosis, PCOS, and iron-deficiency anemia until my blood work came back abnormal.”
Read more from the Princess of Genovia by clicking on the post.
Continue readingtop 6 benefits of green tea for hemochromatosis
Are you a green tea drinker? If you’re not already sipping on this health drink, you’re sure to switch over now! An energizing and mood-boosting beverage, green tea touts some pretty important health benefits for anyone with hereditary hemochromatosis. Here’s what you should know.
Continue readingtop 7 benefits of milk thistle for hemochromatosis
Milk thistle’s not exactly the most common herb at the grocery store, and it’s not an ingredient that you’d see in a typical recipe book. But research shows that milk thistle can be beneficial for hereditary hemochromatosis – it can block and chelate iron. Check it out!
Continue readingtop 6 benefits of vervain for hemochromatosis
A lot of well-known beverage options for hemochromatosis – like coffee, green tea, and black tea – all have caffeine so they’re not great anytime later in the day. I got curious to see what else blocks iron that could be sipped on in the afternoon and evening.
Continue readingthis health trend is actually a-okay if you have hemochromatosis
Hemochromatosis tends to throw a wrench into a lot of health trends that I want to take part in. I stuck my nose into the current research to figure out what nutritionists and doctors are saying about the celery juice fad, like what benefits celery has (if any) and if it’s okay for people with iron overload.
Continue readinghow i got diagnosed with hereditary hemochromatosis
When I first got diagnosed with hereditary hemochromatosis, I’d never even heard of it before! I thought – hasn’t everyone been telling me my whole life how important iron is for women? How most women are on the brink of becoming anemic? How can too much iron even be possible?
Continue readingINTERVIEW WITH SHELLSHOCKED
“I experienced pain in joints for years, but I always thought my days as a runner was the reason. My heart fluttering started 3 months before my diagnosis.
I continue to experience joint pain and I am scheduled for an MRI of my liver and heart so I feel very nervous about those results.”
Read more from Shellshocked in the full post.
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