Hemochromatosis Research Paper

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The human body is like a machine that always needs technical reviews. There must be a harmony between each "department" of the body. But this does not always occur due to diseases that affect thousands of people day after day.
In 2008, my uncle was stricken with a disease called hemochromatosis. It is a disease that can be hereditary or secondary, but is highly related genetic conditions. Hereditary hemochromatosis is a classic example of a genetic disorder that changes the way in which iron absorption is made, resulting in the accumulation of iron in body tissues and toxicity. The most common symptoms are weight loss, diabetes, arrhythmias and psychiatric outbreaks. My uncle died and a few years later, other relatives found out they had the

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