What is Haemochromatosis?
Clinical guidelines and useful links, patient resources,
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 […]
