Polycythemia vera - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic
2022年2月11日 · Polycythemia vera (pol-e-sy-THEE-me-uh VEER-uh) is a type of blood cancer. It causes your bone marrow to make too many red blood cells. These excess cells thicken your blood, slowing its flow, which may cause serious problems, such as blood clots.
Polycythemia vera - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo Clinic
2022年2月11日 · The most common treatment for polycythemia vera is having frequent blood withdrawals, using a needle in a vein (phlebotomy). It's the same procedure used for donating blood. This decreases your blood volume and reduces the number of excess blood cells.
Polycythemia vera (PV): Does altitude matter? - Mayo Clinic Connect
2022年8月13日 · It does appear that PV can be affected by altitude. Though one study I found has the tests occurring at above 14,000 feet. The pubmed article from the National Institute of Healh studies included patients enduring altitudes over 3100 m which is over 10,000 feet.
MGUS with Polycythemia Vera (PV) | Mayo Clinic Connect
2022年5月17日 · With MM, cancerous plasma cells accumulate in the bone marrow and crowd out healthy blood cells. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/multiple-myeloma/symptoms-causes/syc-20353378. Polycythemia Vera is another blood cancer that allows the marrow to produce too many red blood cells.
Policitemia vera - Síntomas y causas - Mayo Clinic
2022年2月11日 · La policitemia vera es un tipo de cáncer de la sangre. Esto hace que la médula ósea produzca demasiada cantidad de glóbulos rojos. Este exceso de células espesa la sangre y reduce el flujo, lo que puede causar graves problemas, como coágulos sanguíneos. La policitemia vera es poco frecuente.
Polycythemia Vera: Just been diagnosed | Mayo Clinic Connect
2018年11月30日 · After running tests found JAK-2 mutations, the diagnosis was polycythemia vera. My oncologist has set a threshold of 45% for my hematocrit, so when routine blood labs show a hematocrit higher than that I have a plebotomy. I was on a six week schedule for those initially, and then it moved to about every four weeks.
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Blood disorder causes body to make too …
2022年4月11日 · The three main drugs used to treat polycythemia vera and lower blood counts have been hydroxyurea, peginterferon alfa-2a and ruxolitinib. Hydroxyurea is the typical first therapy, as it works well and has the least side effects. Ruxolitinib is unique in that it targets the JAK2 mutation directly.
How bad is a diagnosis of Polycythemia Vera ... - Mayo Clinic …
2024年2月4日 · Some people will have only one issue such as essential thrombocythemia (ET) with the overproduction of platelets or Polycythemia vera (PV) the over production of red cells, though there are more conditions associated with this.
Polycythemia: Primary or Secondary? - Mayo Clinic Connect
2022年8月31日 · High EPO implies secondary polycythemia. Low EPO implies primary polycythemia. But what if, like me, you have very low but technically "normal" EPO? Am negative for the JAK gene.
Polycythemia Vera: Just been diagnosed - Mayo Clinic Connect
2018年11月30日 · Polycythemia vera diagnostic criteria includes one of which that is a highly elevated hemoglobin and hematocrit. Which you do not have. However, another diagnostic criteria for PV is the JAK2 mutation.