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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Medical Therapy== | ==Medical Therapy== | ||
* Treatment is initiated when [[ferritin]] levels reach 300 micrograms per litre (or 200 in nonpregnant [[premenopausal]] women). | * Treatment is initiated when [[ferritin]] levels reach 300 micrograms per litre (or 200 in nonpregnant [[premenopausal]] women). | ||
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[[Category:Cardiology]] | |||
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[[Category:Hematology]] | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
Medical Therapy
- Treatment is initiated when ferritin levels reach 300 micrograms per litre (or 200 in nonpregnant premenopausal women).
- Treatment of organ damage (heart failure with diuretics and ACE inhibitor therapy).
- Limiting intake of alcoholic beverages, vitamin C (increases iron absorption in the gut), red meat (high in iron) and potential causes of food poisoning (shellfish, seafood).
- Increasing intake of substances that inhibit iron absorption, such as high-tannin tea, calcium, and foods containing oxalic and phytic acids (these must be consumed at the same time as the iron-containing foods in order to be effective.)
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