The Iron Fist, Part 2: Iron and Bone
Healio Rheuminations · Adam J. Brown, MD
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Show Notes
Why is hemochromatosis so common? What is iron actually doing to the joint? Does phlebotomy help? What's going on with iron and Popeye? These are the questions we tackle in the second episode of hemochromatosis: Iron and Bone!
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- Intro :19
- Today's episode :29
- Why is hemochromatosis so common? 1:06
- The history of Popeye the Sailor Man 3:37
- Treatment with phlebotomy 8:35
- Why doesn't join pain improve? 12:03
- What is Kashin-Beck disease? 14:18
- Mouse studies from the 1970s 19:45
- What about histology? 25:36
- Episode wrap-up 28:34
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