Edouard Bastarache on wed 6 nov 02
Allo Galen,
good to have a pathologist among us, and pottery-obsessed.
Generalized hemosiderosis may occur following excessive
iron intake, parenterally or by mouth, among other causes.
Later,
Edouard Bastarache
Irreductible Quebecois
Indomitable Quebeker
Sorel-Tracy
Quebec
edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca
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http://perso.wanadoo.fr/smart2000/index.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: G.M. Schauer
To:
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 8:53 AM
Subject: ?iron poisoning
> I am new to the list, an obsessed 'hobby potter' but my day job is
> pathologist...
> I agree the bad water smell is not the iron but sulphur-containing or
other
> compounds, or bacteria. It is virutally impossible for a normal person to
> get an iron overdose from drinking or smelling the water. The body has a
> mechanism to restrict intestinal absorption of iron beyond that needed for
> muscle and red blood cell production etc, although combining acidic foods
or
> drink (ie. orange juice) with an iron rich meal will increase intestinal
> uptake of iron. Getting a blood transfusion is a direct input of iron to
> the body, not the same at all as dietary iron intake.
>
> One caveat to all this is that one of the most common inherited diseases
in
> caucasian people of european descent is 'hereditary hemochromatosis' in
> which the body does not handle iron normally, and it can build up in
organs
> and cause damage. If you are a middle aged or older adult, a blood test
can
> tell you if are at risk (affected people will demonstrate an abnormality
of
> the iron-carrying protein over time, before organs damage occurs). Then
you
> need to get the genetic test for this disease, and restrict iron intake
and
> perhaps have other treatments if you are found to have the mutations.
> Galen Schauer
> Plymouth, Minnesota
>
>
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