tankasnowgod
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I remember these problems when I was young. I would get shocks from touching the outside of my fathers car when I was getting in or out; my watch would not keep good time or would stop; there would be sparks or clinging from my clothes when I took them off; my hair would be 'fly away' sometines. No-one else I knew had the same problems.
I believe I am from Celtic stock which I believe has higher levels of HC. There has been a lot of CVD in my fathers family and his mother and sister diet from heart attacks. His was stroke. I am going to check it up on my 23andMe results and will report back.
I have had no problems like the ones reported since I grew up.
How old were you when this happened? Babies are born with quite high ferritin levels, but they tend to "grow" into it. Levels tend to decline until about age 12 or so. That's usually the lowest point for men, but women with often stay near that level, due to menstruation. So, your experience could completely fit with this idea. Of course, it could be something else, too.
If the HC genes ran in your family, it's possible you had higher iron levels as a baby and kid, compared to others in the same age bracket. I don't know that there has been much, if any, studies done on iron levels of children born to parents (especially mothers) that carry the iron loading genes.