Help With Blood Disorder? Posted: 04-14-04 22:41pm
Good morning everyone,
for being my very first listing, its kind
of a tough one. However, I am hoping
someone here might be able to shed some
light on it for me. Would anyone know of
or have heard of a very rare blood
disorder in which the blood is unable to
absorb iron what-so-ever? It is not
thalassemia, iron overload secondary,
hemochromatosis or anemia. Like I said,
it is not a condition of insufficient iron
in the blood or too much iron in the
blood. It is a case in which the
individual has twice the amount of iron in
their body as their blood is incapable of
absorbing it at all. And she has been
told by a physician that there is really
nothing that can be done to get rid of the
rather high amount of iron in her body. I
would greatly appreciate any help in
regards to knowing exactly what this
disease is or even any information that
might help me to research it.
Thanks...
Gabe
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purple333
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 05-11-04 17:27pm
No real answers here but I saw how old
your post was & felt someone should
suggest something - although I hope you
already have an answer.
Try search engines like google or yahoo.
Try also homeopathy, naturopathy &
chinese herbal medicines etc - these might
provide an answer that traditional
medicine has ignored - good luck.
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gaberu
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 3 Location: Tempe,AZ
Posted: 05-11-04 22:04pm
Thanks purple333....
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Lori_1957
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Posts: 2
Posted: 06-14-04 21:02pm
Hello my sister has a blood disorder where
her red blood cells out number her white
blood cells thats why I am here to find
the name for it? She goes to the doctor
every week aand sometimes they have to
take her blood it gets to thick she has to
watch the red meat she eats? Hope this
might help?
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Lori_1957
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Posts: 2
Posted: 06-15-04 15:12pm
Hello I talked to my sister the name of
her illness is polycythemia please go
online and look it up its a serious
illness, her red blood cells out number
the white ones there are other symptons
but I cant remember them all she has to
much iron in her blood she cant get rid of
the iron it sounds some what like you were
asking about hope I have helped you and
good luck
