Patient's question:
I am a medical student. Last week, while catching up on lessons, the teacher mentioned hemochromatosis unintentionally, so I wanted to ask you if it is related to high hemoglobin?Doctor's answer:
Hemochromatosis is a systemic disease that occurs again due to excessive deposition of iron in tissues. Hemochromatosis is divided into two types: primary and secondary. Primary hemochromatosis is an inherited disease, more common in males. Secondary hemochromatosis is mainly caused by excessive iron accumulation in the body after long-term, frequent surgeries (generally more than 100 times), often resulting from severe chronic anemia (β and ).