Dr. Philip H.L. de Sterke Hemochromatosis is the most common genetic disorder. Another name for it is Porphyria cutanea tarda. It is the most common type of porphyria. Approximately 1 in 200 to 300 humans have this disorder.
Most doctors still think it is a rare disorder.
When someone inherits this gene from both parents, he or she may absorb too much iron from their normal diet. This iron will be stored in the liver and several other tissues in the body and can cause a great number of symptoms. These symptoms, as a cause of Hemochromatosis, can be found in babies and small children, but it is most common above the age of 40. Every doctor should consider Hemochromatosis in his diagnose when there is no direct cause found for one of the above complaints. Striking is that not all of these complaints are mentioned in every publication.