What are the latest advances in HFE hereditary haemochromatosis?
Here you can see the latest advances and discoveries made regarding HFE hereditary haemochromatosis.
Because there are currently no drugs involved in the treatment of haemochromatosis, there is limited interest from pharmaceutical industry.
However research around hepcidin may eventually lead to a simple drug treatment.
There is also a great deal of iron metabolism research happening in the scientific community.
To my personal knowledge it's still the 'old fashion' (since the middle ages ... LOL) way: donation of blood.
6/4/17 by bewiki 4317
Unfortunately, there have been no advances and there is no treatment other than phlebotomies. Please help spread the word! HH is often overlooked as the disease leading to diabetes, hypothyroidism and organ failures.
7/22/17 by Salena 2001
They are looking at medications that can prevent the body storing iron.
The 6 genes involved have so far been classed into 4 main types of HH. The researchers now agree on a classification into Type 1-5. It is also recognized that Ferritin should be as low as 50 or even lower to keep the Transferrin Saturation below 45-50 %. Some countries have started to do phlebotomies looking more at Transferrin Saturation than the level of Ferritin. Researchers may now be on track of the "unknown factors" which may be contributing to the fact that some accumulate a lot of iron much faster than others (all other factors the same) and that some seems to develop damages/diseases and others seems to be almost unaffected. Mutations on the BMP6 gene are suspected to have a role in this.
A variety of treatment options available including medical and natural means, stem cell research is showing promising signs. Treating signs and symptoms early rather than later helps quality of life dramatically
8/2/17 by Natalie 2000
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