Living with haemochromatosis: 'I felt exhausted and lethargic for no reason but the answer was in my Irish genes'

"Ellen Troy, who suffered for years with lethargy and unexplained fatigue, recalls feeling exhausted for no reason."

"I had the symptoms of somebody who was very anaemic but I had a healthy colour. After eating a meal, I would suffer a slump and it was as if the plug was pulled out of me."

Ellen Troy experienced persistent lethargy and unexplained fatigue for years. She felt exhausted for no apparent reason despite maintaining a healthy complexion. She is a Scottish-born biochemist residing in Castleknock, Dublin. Her symptoms resembled those of anaemia even though her outward colour appeared normal. She regularly encountered pronounced energy slumps after eating, describing the sensation as an abrupt loss of power. These episodes affected her daily functioning and contrasted with her outward appearance of health, creating a confusing and prolonged struggle with unexplained tiredness.

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