• stringere@sh.itjust.works
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    4 hours ago

    Hemochromatosis, too. Body doesn’t eliminate iron so it can build up in organs, notably liver and kidneys.

    The treatment is bloodletting. My wife wanted to get leeches. I settled for just donating 32 times in the first year after finding out. My ferritin count was 9 times the usual max for a man my age. My gallbladder fluid was carrying iron. I was Iron Man.