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“L’enfer c’est les autres!”

Jean-Paul Sartre, (1905-1980), French philosopher and writer.

Those are familial disorders, which can be diagnozed by modern laboratory analysis.

The main issue is hidden in their rarity, so that professionals seldom think about this possibility.

Apposition of metals in the organism occurs also in articulations, so that both diseases manifest as Chondrocalcinosis (Pseudo-Gout).

It is important to know in this occasion that this kind of Osteoarthritis concerns smaller joints, while sparing bigger ones.

A typical location are the facets of the spine!

High Ferritine in blood is diagnostic for Hemochromatosis, and the Keyser-Fleischer ring of the iris for Wilson’s disease.

Becoming a blood donor is therapeutic for the first disorder, and chelating agents exist for the second.