Glossary for Hereditary Hemochromatosis

• Abdominal Pain: A condition which is characterized by the sensation of pain that is located in the abdomen
• Abdominal pain: A condition which is characterized by the sensation of pain that is located in the abdomen
• Alopecia: Various types of hair loss or balding
• Amyloidosis: A rare group of metabolic disorders where a protein called amyloid accumulates in body organs and tissues where it can cause damage and is potentially fatal. Symptoms depend on the organs involved. There are numerous forms of the condition: primary amyloidosis, secondary amyloidosis, hemodialysis-associated amyloidosis and familial amyloidosis.
• Arthritis: General name for any type of joint inflammation, but often means age-related osteoarthritis.
• Ascites: Fluid accumulation in abdominal cavity
• Bronze skin: Bronzed skin that is seen best at pressure points such as elbows and knees.
• Cardiomyopathy: Any disease of the heart muscle
• Chondrocalcinosis: A rare inherited metabolic disorder where the chemical calcium pyrophosphate dihyrdate is deposited in one or more joints in the body - usually the knee is affected.
• Chronic Illness: Any form of continuing chronic illness.
• Cirrhosis of liver: Chronic liver disease wherein normal liver parenchyma is replaced by fibrous tissue.
• Cirrhosis of the liver: Scarring of the liver from alcohol or other causes.
• Congenital conditions: Any condition that you are born with such as birth defects or genetic diseases.
• Congenital metabolic disorders: Congenital (birth) defects affecting any metabolic systems.
• Diabetes: Failing or reduced ability of the body to handle sugars.
• Enlarged liver: Swelling of the liver.
• Fatigue: Excessive tiredness or weakness.
• Genetic Disease: Any disease that is handed down to oneself through the chromosomes of ones parents
• Heart symptoms: Symptoms affecting the heart
• Hemochromatosis: Excess of iron leading to problems with joints, liver, heart and pancreas.
• Hemochromatosis-related diabetes: A single-gene disease that causes iron accumulation in the tissues of the body. Diabetes is a primary complication if hemochromatosis goes untreated. Hemochromatosis is sometimes referred to as "bronze diabetes."
• Hepatocellular jaundice: A condition which is characterized by jaundice due to injury or damage to the hepatocellular cells of the liver
• Hyperpigmentation: Excess skin pigment or coloration
• Hypopituitarism: A disorder caused by reduced pituitary hormone levels. Hormones produce by the pituitary gland produces growth hormones, prolactin, thyroid stimulating hormone, antidiuretic hormone and others.
• Idiopathic liver cirrhosis: Cirrhosis is defined histologically as a diffuse hepatic process characterized by fibrosis and the conversion of normal liver architecture into structurally abnormal nodules. The progression of liver injury to cirrhosis may occur over weeks to years.
• Infertility: The inability to produce offspring
• Joint pain: Pain affecting the joints
• Liver failure: Acute liver failure (ALF) is an uncommon condition in which the rapid deterioration of liver function results in coagulopathy and alteration in the mental status of a previously healthy individual.
• Liver symptoms: Symptoms affecting the liver
• Loss of sex drive: The loss of ones sexual urges
• Male infertility: The inability of the male to reproduce
• Metabolic disorders: Disorders that affect the metabolic system in human
• Myocarditis: Inflammation of the myocardium (muscle walls of the heart)
• Osteoporosis: Bone thinning and weakening from bone calcium depletion.
• Peripheral neuropathy: Peripheral neuropathy is the term for damage to nerves of the peripheral nervous system, which may be caused either by diseases of the nerve or from the side-effects of systemic illness.
• Restrictive cardiomyopathy: A condition which is characterized by restriction to the function of the walls of the heart

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