Table 1.

Symptoms and signs of inherited iron overload.

Symptoms and signs	Medical conditions
Abnormal liver function	Arrhythmias
Abdominal pain (unexplained)	Arthritis, arthralgia
Bronzing of the skin	Cardiomyopathy
Amenorrhoea (no menstrual periods, females)	Chronic fatigue
Anterior pituitary failure	Chronic liver disease
Frequent diarrhoea	Cirrhosis of the liver
Hyperferriteinaemia	Depression
Impotence (males)	Diabetes mellitus Type 1
Insulin resistance	Diabetes mellitus Type 2
Joint pain	Fatty liver disease
Loss of body hair	Hepatocellular carcinoma
Loss of libido	Infertility
Mood swings	Metabolic syndrome
Muscle pain	Porphyria cutanea tarda
Skin pigmentation	Testicular atrophy (males)
Weakness