Hemochromatosis

Definition: Hemochromatosis

Hemochromatosis

Noun

1. Pathology in which iron accumulates in the tissues; characterized by bronzed skin and enlarged liver and diabetes mellitus and abnormalities of the pancreas and the joints.

Specialty Definitions: Hemochromatosis

Domain	Definitions
Health	A disease that occurs when the body absorbs too much iron. The body stores the excess iron in the liver, pancreas, and other organs. May cause cirrhosis of the liver. Also called iron overload disease. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Hemochromatosis

Hemochromatosis is a hereditary disease, a defect in the regulation of the absorption of iron from foodstuffs. It results in the progressive accumulation of iron in the body. By midlife sufficient iron may have been absorbed to damage the liver, pancreas and testes to cause failure of these organs. Cirrhosis, liver cancer, diabetes and impotence may result. A form of arthritis develops in many patients. There is also susceptibility to serious infectious diseases; one such infection may occur after eating raw oysters. Females are relatively protected against these abnormalities, at least until after menopause, because of the loss of iron with menstruation and pregnancy.

The disorder remains asymptomatic until the development of organ failure but the disease can readily be detected by laboratory studies to measure levels of iron in the blood. Early diagnosis is important because the late effects of iron accumulation can be wholly prevented by periodic phlebotomies (blood donations). Probably a one-time study of iron levels early in adult life would be sufficient to evaluate an individual.

The prevalence of hemochromatosis varies in different populations. In Northern Europeans it is of the order of one in 400 persons. Other populations probably have a lower prevalence of this disease. There exist other causes of excess iron accumulation as well. These include multiple blood transfusions, the presence of certain blood diseases, and the drinking of iron-rich beer by Bantus.

External links

Iron Toxicity, What you don't know

Commercial Usage: Hemochromatosis

Domain	Title
References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Hemochromatosis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Hemochromatosis : proceedings of the first international conference (reference) Living with Hemochromatosis (reference) The Bronze Killer: The Story of a Family's Fight Against a Very Common Enemy - Hemochromatosis (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Hemochromatosis

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Hemochromatosis is often undiagnosed and untreated. (references)
		People with hemochromatosis should not take iron supplements. (references)
		The earlier hemochromatosis is diagnosed and treated, the better. (references)
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Expressions: Hemochromatosis

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hemochromatosis

Anagrams: Hemochromatosis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-h-i-m-m-o-o-o-r-s-s-t"
	-3 letters: homoiotherms.
	-4 letters: chromosomes, homoiotherm.
	-5 letters: chromosome, costmaries, homoerotic, microsomes, microtomes, mismatches, osmometric, schematism, stomachers.
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Alternative Orthography: Hemochromatosis

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 65 6D 6F 63 68 72 6F 6D 61 74 6F 73 69 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100101 01101101 01101111 01100011 01101000 01110010 01101111 01101101 01100001 01110100 01101111 01110011 01101001 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0065 006D 006F 0063 0068 0072 006F 006D 0061 0074 006F 0073 0069 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
hemochromatosis	448
hereditary hemochromatosis	11
symptom of hemochromatosis	9
diet hemochromatosis	6
hemochromatosis screening	3
hemochromatosis treatment	2
hemochromatosis picture	2
hemochromatosis iron low	2
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Hemochromatosis

Definition: Hemochromatosis