Who should be checked and how often?
Everybody in the bloodline will need to be checked for too much iron at each and every physical no matter the age and no matter the gender. If a relative is found clear one year he or she may be loaded the next. Children and even neonates can be involved. Family members without symptoms need also to be checked. This is the best time to catch this health problem. Anemia is not a protection against too much iron but a symptom. See our section on anemia on our web site, address at top of page. How to check for too much iron? The test that IOD recommends is called transferrin saturation (TS) or in some labs may be called percentage of saturation. Any score above 44% will need immediate protocol intervention. We do not recommend either liver biopsy or genetic testing as diagnostic tools. We have long lists of objections for both procedures on our web site: www.ironoverload.org. How common is it? If I have never heard of it can it be that common?. Yes, researchers have determined that there
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