Getting your iron level back to normal: Text Description

Diagram shows a cycle of events, which result from hemochromatosis:

• Iron in your body is too high. You need a phlebotomy.
• Each week, for about a year, a nurse takes a pint or two of blood.
• During this time, the amount of iron in your body will decrease.
• The amount of iron eventually returns to normal.
• In time, your iron level will rise again. A regularly scheduled phlebotomy program will keep iron at a normal level.

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