Hereditary haemochromatosis is a genetic disorder in which the body absorbs and retains too much iron. The excess iron is stored in the body and over time results in iron overload.
To learn more about haemochromatosis and iron overload, please visit one of our member organisations’ information pages using the links below:
- Australia – https://haemochromatosis.org.au/haemochromatosis/
- Brazil – https://gbh.unifesp.br/sobre-hemocromatose/o-que-%C3%A9
- Canada – https://www.toomuchiron.ca/hemochromatosis/what-is-it/
- Denmark – https://www.haemokromatose.dk/blank
- Europe – http://efaph.eu/?page_id=100
- France – https://www.hemochromatose.fr/definition
- France – https://www.hemochromatose.org/hemochromatose-du-diagnostic-au-don-saignee/
- Germany – https://www.haemochromatose.org/hvd/haemochromatose/verlauf/
- Hungary – http://www.hemokromatozis.hu/index.php/hemokromatozis/a-betegsegrol
- Ireland – https://www.haemochromatosis-ir.com/what-is-haemochromatosis
- Italy – https://www.emocromatosi.it/emocromatosi.htm
- New Zealand – https://www.leukaemia.org.nz/information/about-blood-cancers/haemochromatosis/
- Norway – https://hemokromatose.no/hva-er-hemokromatose/
- Spain – https://www.hemocromatosis.es/que-son.html
- USA – https://irondisorders.org/hemochromatosis/