Diagnosis And Management Of Haemochromatosis

A Rural and Remote Medical Practitioner who can confidently diagnose and manage haemochromatosis in their community has the opportunity to minimise morbidity and mortality not only for that particular patient, but for the relatives of that patient as well.

The challenge is both to improve under-diagnosis of haemochromatosis and to avoid misdiagnosing conditions causing elevated serum ferritin which do not actually reflect an underlying iron overload disorder.