Talk:Transfusion hemosiderosis

- myocardial iron overload seems to take longer to develop, but does not correlate with ferritin and severity of hepatic iron loading. JFW | T@lk  05:30, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Mechanism
Why does this happen? What is the process/mechanism that leads to elevated iron levels?ZFT (talk) 03:05, 7 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi ! I've clarified that it is caused by frequent blood transfusions (with reference). Thanks! Bibeyjj (talk) 21:51, 8 February 2022 (UTC)


 * , what I don't understand is how blood transfusions lead to excess iron. ZFT (talk) 03:47, 9 February 2022 (UTC)


 * I added a little bit about the mechanism. Let me know if I can clarify anything. Larry Hockett (Talk) 04:16, 9 February 2022 (UTC)