One global study that investigated the role of iron in a variety of health conditions has found that excess iron may lead to a higher risk of bacterial skin infections. Health Iron SkinInfections
Iron is an essential mineral. All human cells contain some iron, but around 70 per cent of it occurs in red blood cells.Iron plays a key role in producing haemoglobin. This is a complex protein that carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.
Now, researchers have conducted a study to uncover the impact of both low and high iron levels. They analyzed the role of iron in a variety of health conditions, using genetic and clinical data from about 500,000 people in the UK Biobank. The findings now appear in the journal PLOS Medicine. One recent study — led by UniSA in collaboration with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom and the University of Ioannina in Greece — found that high iron levels protect against anemia and prevent high cholesterol.
Previous research has shown that iron is an important nutrient for the survival and growth of bacteria, but this global study is the first to use large-scale population data to further investigate the link between high iron levels and bacterial skin infections.
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