Tag: Iron metabolism disorder

Affecting an extremely limited number of individuals worldwide, congenital atransferrinemia is a very rare genetic disease. The primary cause of atransferrinemia is a specific genetic mutation that disrupts the body's ability to transport iron, leading to a complex and paradoxical set of symptoms involving both a lack of iron delivery and toxic iron accumulation.

Genetic hemochromatosis is one of the most common genetic disorders in the United States, affecting about 1 million people, and it is a key reason why your body can't process iron. It is often an inherited condition where the body absorbs too much iron from food, which can then accumulate and damage organs.