'You're poisoning yourself, mate!' | How Mark Cagney found out he had haemochromatosis

"You're poisoning yourself, mate!"

Mark Cagney opens up about discovering he had haemochromatosis, Ireland's most common genetic disorder

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It wasn't until 1997 that a name given to the condition: "Haemochromatosis" / "Hemachromatosis."

Prior to that, it was simply described as "iron overload.

The Irish Diaspora need to be made aware of this reality.