Hi, Thanks for writing to Health Care Magic, I am Dr Asad Riaz, I have closely read your question and I understand your concerns, I will hereby guide you regarding your health related problem. hemachromatosis is autosominal dominant mean an transfers from either parent with only 1 gene need to be defected .. ur father is having so might u have this disease n this disease has excessive iron deposition ..this lead to multiple issues like liver failure i.e cirrhosis , heart prob,dm etc.. if u were my patient I will do through m exam m also do some test like iron studies , usg abdomen n echo etc... swelling can be due to heart or liver prob need to rule out n then need to be fix... iron cheating therapies can be given ... I hope this answered your question, if you have more feel free to ask. Regards. Dr.Asad Riaz. General and Family Physician..