“ so how much is too much?”
If your cup overflow, then you know you’re on to something good.
I had problems all my life and no doctor could figure it out. Then my brother 4 years younger started with restless leg and sent to a doctor in Calif. She told him he had hemochromatosis and to call his siblings.
I raced down to the clinic and had my blood tested. Came back 919. My Dr. said must be a mistake: run it again. 2nd Time came back 1040. Yep! I’ve got it. So was sent to a Hemochor. doctor. He said I must get it down to under 50, and keep it there. Said anything over 1000 is organ damage territory. My liver is “fatty” but I think it is full of iron. Now have Bronze diabetes.
severe osteoperosis. One then gets excess iron in the skin. My skin is red and I look like I have been in Florida for a couple of weeks, everyone says I look so healthy.
Giving blood was always out for me. Since I had restless leg at age 12, every night, I didn’t want to give that to anyone. I had colon cancer, tumor on parathyroid, a miscarriage for my only pregnancy. Now the Red Cross won’t even take it. Too high.
I have to reduce citrus intake, red meat intake, no alcohol, watch shell fish none raw. They have determined that I am a heterozygote with two out of the six possible genes.