Some horses have shown an iron overload in the liver as well.
The iron overload associated with hemochromatosis affects men five times more often than it does women.
Typical treatment for chronic iron overload requires subcutaneous injection over a period of 8-12 hours daily.
Those who cannot regulate absorption well enough get disorders of iron overload.
They do so via a tightly regulated process that under normal circumstances protects against iron overload.
This iron overload may be treated with chelation therapy.
Hospital staff will also check for iron buildup in the body (iron overload).
The second factor respectively correlates with the degree of iron overload within the blood.
Over time the liver is likely to be damaged by iron overload.
Deferoxamine is used to treat iron overload caused by blood transfusions in adults and children at least 3 years old.