What is Haemochromatosis?
Clinical guidelines and useful links, patient resources,
January 5th, 2015
Therapeutic Venesection and the High Ferritin App
Need to know more about the therapeutic venesection program and the associated High Ferritin online App provided by the Australian Red Cross Blood service? This comprehensive document from the Blood Service provides the answers. Read all about it here
March 14th, 2013
Family letter – what they need to know about haemochromatosis
Since haemochromatosis is an inherited disorder, family members of someone diagnosed with haemochromatosis are at increased risk of also having the condition. It is important to alert these family members and tell them what they need to do about it. Explaining haemochromatosis to others might seem a difficult task, especially if you have just been […]
January 29th, 2013
Diet during frequent venesections
Haemochromatosis cannot be treated by diet. You should have a healthy, nutritious diet. This will include foods with the small amount of iron that you continue to need. Any excess iron absorbed by the body must be removed by venesection eventually. A 500 ml venesection removes 0.25 g of iron, which is roughly equivalent to […]
