Organs commonly affected by haemochromatosis are the liver, heart, and endocrine glands.[3] Haemochromatosis may present with the following clinical syndromes:[4] Cirrhosis of the liver: Varies from zonal iron deposition[5] to fibrosis (cirrhosis). Diabetes due to selective iron deposition in pancreatic islet beta cells leading to functional failure and cell death.[2][6] Cardiomyopathy Arthritis, from calcium pyrophosphateContinue reading “Iron overload, organs affected and related health issues”
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Copper toxicity and mental diseases
Inflammation and damage to nerve cells in brain tissue Iowa State University researchers have described with single-molecule precision how copper ions cause prion proteins to misfold and seed the misfolding and clumping of nearby prion proteins. The researchers also found the copper-induced misfolding and clumping is associated with inflammation and damage to nerve cells inContinue reading “Copper toxicity and mental diseases”