Iron Disorders Institute Guide to Hemochromatosis: A Genetic Disorder of Iron Metabolism: Amazon.ca: Wylie Burke: Books

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Hemochromatosis is one of modern medicine's greatest oversights. A disorder that few Americans are able to pronounce at first glance, it is an inherited disorder of iron metabolism, not a blood disease, that can be fatal if not detected in time. Commonly misdiagnosed as arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, impotence, depression, and liver disease, hereditary hemochromatosis is common in people of northern European descent and is most prominent among the Scotch-Irish.

The Iron Disorders Institute Guide to Hemochromatosis is a reference book for home use. It contains helpful charts, diet and nutritional information, treatment guidelines, a glossary of terms, and compelling personal stories of people living with the disorder. Written by the top researchers and experts in university and research hospitals from all over the United States, it is destined to become the definitive source for information about the disorder for millions of families worldwide.

Undetected hemochromatosis frequently is fatal, and that is why it is emerging as one of the most important health issues of the new millenium. It's real, it's common, and it can kill you.

About the Author

Cheryl Garrison is an artist, writer, and cofounder and Vice President of Educational Development of the Iron Disorders Institute. The editor of the Iron Disorders Institute's publications, read worldwide by physicians and patients alike, she lives in Clyde, North Carolina.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Important Read on Hemochromatosis, Feb 23 2012

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This review is from: Iron Disorders Institute Guide to Hemochromatosis, 2e (Paperback)

This book has been an invaluable resource in understanding this much overlooked iron overload disease. My husband's uncle died from liver cancer and his mother from cirrhosis (not drinkers). Had his brother not discovered that he had high iron, there might have been three more deaths as all three brothers have now been diagnosed... This book explains exactly what Hemochromatosis is, why it is commonly overlooked, the treatment options and more. A must read for anyone, especially women after menopause and men of any age, who have chronic fatigue, joint pain, sore abdomen in the liver area, skin colour changes and chest pain- and a family history of liver problems. Iron levels are no longer part of the medical work up for men- find out why it should be. This book could save a life.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Iron Disorders Institute "Guide to Hemochromatosis", Aug 13 2001

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This review is from: Iron Disorders Institute Guide to Hemochromatosis: A Genetic Disorder of Iron Metabolism (Paperback)

The Iron Disorders Institute "Guide to Hemochromatosis" is a cogent book. The cover gets ones attention immediately, as it lists the symptoms on the cover. When my daddy died on July 4, 2000, I had never heard of Hemochromatosis, I am 57. He was diagnosed, too late, on July 1, 2000. After a zillion hours of searching the Internet about Hemochromatosis, I came away very angry about this "most common genetic disorder, because it is basically unknown by the layman and underdiagnosed by the medical profession, 1/250 have it and don't know it, and 1/10 carry the gene," per the CDC. (Many professionals still call it a "rare old man's disease.") Excuse me, but women have Hemochromatosis also. All that was needed was for my daddy to have had an early diagnosis, and give blood to reduce his iron level. This book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date information that the layman can read about Hemochromatosis. And the layman had better read it, because their doctors don't know about its prevelence, and many don't know to test for it. Instead the doctors continue to "well-meaningly" treat the patient's symptoms. Simple blood tests that are described in the book, can diagnose Hemochromatosis. The individual must arm themselves with this book's information and help educate their doctor. In fact, I have bought "Guide to Hemochromatosis" for a few doctors.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Medical Professionals Take Heed, May 18 2001

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All Physicians, Nurse Practicioners, Nurses, and Medical students,should update their knowledge by becoming more sensitive and aware of this common health problem! This disorder of chronic disease is one that you are going to see more and more cases every day. This book gives you scientific information with interesting case studies.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Iron Disorders Institute Guide to Hemochromatosis, 2e
I found this book very informative and does a good job at making technical medical terms understandable to the lay person. Read more

Published 5 months ago by Roderick Black

4.0 out of 5 stars Iron Disorders Institute Guide to Hemochromatosis
Wonderful book ...full of all kinds of information about Hemochromatosis. Certainly answers many questions I had and helped me to realize how much more information there is about... Read more

Published 9 months ago by Dawn