Iron Overload and the Liver: Part 2

This Masters in Medicine webcast is one in a three-part series by Dr. Anthony Tavill. This webcast reviews hereditary hemochromatosis and the most current data on the regulation of iron metabolism. Take the opportunity to also learn from Dr. Tavill in Iron Overload and the Liver: Part 1 and Iron Overload and the Liver: Part 3.
To learn more about the Masters in Medicine series or to claim CME credit, visit www.ccfcme.org/Masters
The video was produced by the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education.

[@520cuban]

The late Dr. Anthony Tavill. What an incredible educator and clinician. Although he pass in 2016, his teaching still educating future clinicians on You Tube

[@mathsandenglishwithj6794]

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[@dehlanni]

thank you for this my father was diagnosed with Hemochromatosis and died of liver cancer and other complications and now my ferritin level is super high so I have to figure out how to lower it, I think I have been suffering from symptoms for about 5 years and did not realize it

[@lotstolearn5350]

Kelly Huenefeld :
Donate blood or do therapeutic phlebotomies.

[@Brownexprezz]

Best wishes Kelly

[@lizedur4976]

Täke curcumin with peperine capsules. Will lower ferritin levels

[@guyhall6592]

I pray you found a way...my ferritin is 3,055. Just diagnosed, second trip to oncology scheduled for tomorrow - this killed uncle Cliff in 1983

[@denisovanhybrid9610]

@@guyhall6592 how are you feeling now? Given blood yet ?

[@bradrunyan1241]

Okay getting the iron out of the blood is great, but how do get rid of the iron that’s locked into the organs? That’s what kills us.

[@wyattlavigne]

Most of the iron is stored in the liver. If you suffer from *massive* iron overload, then it will spill into all the organs and tissues.
To get the iron out in a hurry, give blood. Each donation removes about 250mg of iron each time (0.5mg of Fe per mL or 250mg per half liter donation). You may also chelate it out with IP6 safely. IP6 isn’t nearly as fast as blood donation, but it does enter pretty much all of the body’s cells.
Will the liver clear first or non-liver tissues clear first? I don’t know. Will they instead clear at the same time? I also don’t know.

[@treeseneese8655]

@@wyattlavigne Good info, thank you. I can’t give blood, told I was too underweight. I was wondering how else to do it. I’ll look into chelation therapy.