Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH ... They need to be in a range where optimal hepcidin levels and iron absorption intersect. Some of the guidelines recommend a target SF level of 50 µg/l, which ...

In people with hemochromatosis, however, iron absorption is dramatically increased. This is due to a genetic deficiency of hepcidin, a hormone produced in the liver that regulates iron absorption.

Most clinical cases of hereditary hemochromatosis ... had serum ferritin levels exceeding 1000 μ/L. In this study, the penetrance of clinical hemochromatosis by age 65 was 28% for men who were ...

I was diagnosed with Hemochromatosis in 1979. But my story pales in comparison to the many folks I have met on the Net who have been diagnosed with iron overloading from genetic Hemochromatosis.