I read about a disease fairly common in people of european descent that causes a buildup of iron in the body. Giving blood is the *cure* and I think they recommend they give once per month. Something like that.
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Re: “I read about a disease fairly common in people of european descent that causes a buildup of iron in the body. Giving blood is the *cure* and I think they recommend they give once per month. Something like that.”
I heard that donating blood is actually healthy, for exactly this reason, and especially for men. The story is that TOO MUCH iron in the blood is a cardiac risk factor. Women lose some blood every month until they are about fifty, but men don’t. In this case, donating blood not only helps someone else, it’s good for the donor too.
One of our friends has that condition, I wish I could remember the name offhand. He was told that it is common among people of scotch and irish ancestry. He gives blood every six weeks.
Chrome something or other. Yeah, I’ve been blessed with that, too.
I have this. It's called hemochromatosis. Blood banks must have a special variance to use it as donor blood. In my area neither of the blood banks have the variance so my blood is "burned". Such a shame because I have a unit drawn off several times a year and it goes to waste. I've been told the high iron levels are good for chemo patients and neonates.