What Is Hemochromatosis?
5. Symptoms
Most patients with hemochromatosis are born with the condition. However, the patient will often not experience any symptoms of the condition until they are older. Men will tend not to experience the symptoms until they are in the 40s at least. Symptoms tend not to show in women until they are in their 60s.
The symptoms don’t appear until later in life because it takes time for the iron to accumulate. Women tend to lose iron when they menstruate, which is why they tend not to show symptoms until even later. The symptoms will be mild to begin with and can gradually worsen.
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