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    Easy, Jan, I recognise the disorder as my wife also suffers from it. Unpleasant but manageable, it is something you die with rather than die from, as long as it is skilfully managed. It is an iron overload condition caused by being homozygous for one of two mutations of the HFE gene. C282Y is the more common of the two, H63D is the less common. Unfortunately the former is more severe- that is the one Kathryn suffers from and necessitates parting with 600ml of blood every 6 weeks for the rest of her life. While iron studies of the blood can point to heamochromatosis, it can only be confirmed by a DNA test.

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