Talk:Human iron metabolism

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Seeking illustration[s] for the IRE-BP portion of this article Joewright 16:33, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

I hope I'll draw one when I'll have a time (not before November) ilia 14:16, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What are the paths for excretion?

There is a lot in the article about the input of iron to the body but hardly anything about the output. Iron is an element and does not disappear into thin air! Since it does not accumulate indefinitely in the body either, there must be some excretion path.

The article mentions menstrual blood, pregnancy and lactation; but what about the adult male, or female after menopause?

The article says:"humans have no physiologic regulatory mechanism for excreting iron". I suppose that just means that there is some excretion mechanism, but that it is not regulated. What is that mechanism?

David Olivier (talk) 16:38, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Some iron is excreted through fingernail and hair growth. 65.1.143.92 (talk) 02:32, 24 April 2008 (UTC)