Calcium pyrophosphates are insoluble and will be with the patient until death. The hand joints, next the hips and knees, and then the sternum and feet thrown in somewhere along the way is probably how this arthritis will progress. Closely related to the joint involvement are the connective tissues extending from the joints and even into the muscles. There is enough evidence now to prove that this is true in at least some cases. Acute, explosive and chronic diarrheas, also known as IBS, are associated with this fibromyalgia syndrome in some cases, to further confirm the iron overload connection with this multiplicity of conditions.
Infections just love people or animals with iron overload.
Shell fish poisoning or infection caused by the mean bug Vibrio Vulnificus is probably the best example of how tragic and deadly this can be to people with iron overload. One with this infection who has H would be lucky to make it to the hospital and even if he recovered from this infection, his quality of life may be shattered. The physician must be very aggressive toward treating this infection and test this patient for iron overload. It has been proven that Bang's disease, tuberculosis and malaria, after being 'cured' or arrested will relapse into active infection in at lease some of those patients who are supplemented with iron. Nearly every infection we have is enhanced by iron overload.