Mystery of Bronze Diabetes

Hereditary Hemochromatosis (HH) is called Bronze Diabetes as the skin of the sufferers of this disease turns bronze due to iron overload that usually accompanies this disease. Healthy people usually store up to 4 grams of iron in their body while patients with hemochromatosis exceed this limit. This extra iron distributes all over the body staring with liver and ending with pancreas, heart, pituitary glands and skin. The most common clinical symptoms of the disease include, deep fatigue, joint ...