Ep10: Iron Overload in the Heart Part 2

This is the final episode in this series of IRON MATTERS, our series of educational podcasts for GPs, allied health professionals and patients by some of the leading clinicians and medical researchers in the field in Australia exploring issues associated with iron overload and hereditary haemochromatosis. Here Professor David Playford, clinical cardiologist and Professor & Chair of Cardiology at the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle explores issues of iron overload in the heart further.

[@shetlandvikinginaustralia9134]

Very interesting, I have a friend that has been diagnosed with syncope, however has spent so much money trying to understand what is causing this without success. More recently after visiting a wholistic GP he has been diagnosed with haemochromatosis. Is it possible this syncope could be caused by build up of iron in the heart, and if so what should he be asking his specialist.

[@HaemochromatosisAust]

Syncope is not a symptom normally associated with iron overload from haemochromatosis. However we can't give medial advice and we are not qualified to give an answer to your question. I suggest your friend should mention the fact he has been diagnosed to his specialist and take a copy of recent tests (iron studies and gene test for the HFE gene) with them.

[@angelarawlins3703]

Definitely more research but not just on C282Y’s but Compounds too. Just because my iron levels are not in the high hundreds I feel my health conditions are dismissed. Ok, so I don’t have iron in high hundreds but how does the GH compound affect my heart and diabetes diagnosis??

[@angelarawlins3703]

I’d like to know if the GH didn’t cause my heart and diabetes what has?