Polycythemia means that you have too many red blood cells in your blood. It makes the blood flow thick. Polycythemia can be a disease but it can also be a consequence of other diseases. The treatment you receive depends on what form of polycythemia you have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are two different forms of polycythemia:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is common to feel no symptoms of polycythemia<\/em> at all in polycythemia vera.\u00a0Here are some symptoms you may feel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The symptoms of secondary polycythemia<\/em> are partly the same as in polycythemia vera.\u00a0The symptoms depend on how thick the blood is and whether there is another disease that has caused an increased amount of red blood cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Common symptoms secondary polycythemia<\/span>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If\u00a0you have repeated symptoms of any of the symptoms described above,\u00a0contact a\u00a0health care\u00a0provider.\u00a0You can contact many receptions by logging in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most symptoms of polycythemia can be due to several different diseases.\u00a0Therefore, the doctor begins to suspect that you have polycythemia<\/span> if your\u00a0blood value is high.\u00a0If your doctor suspects you have polycythemia, more blood tests will be taken to see if the amount of red blood cells is elevated.\u00a0A genetic blood test is also taken because almost everyone who has polycythemia vera has a special change, a mutation, in a gene that controls how blood is formed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Polycythemia vera is a blood disorder. It means that the bone marrow produces too much red blood cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is usually a balance between stimulating factors and factors that slow down blood formation.\u00a0They make the production of red blood cells at a reasonable level.\u00a0In polycythemia vera, there is a change in the gene that maintains that balance.\u00a0The change causes too many red blood cells to form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This results in high hemoglobin in the blood and a high value on a sample showing the distribution between red blood cells and blood plasma.\u00a0That sample is called hematocrit value.\u00a0Blood plasma is the fluid that surrounds the blood cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The blood becomes thick if you have an elevated hematocrit value.\u00a0This increases the risk of blood clots.\u00a0In many cases, polycythemia vera is detected after a blood clot.\u00a0It can be a\u00a0blood clot in the bone, in the heart or in the brain or in more unusual cases a blood clot in the stomach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Polycythemia vera is a chronic, lifelong disease that is considered a cancer disease.\u00a0After a few years, you may have other symptoms, such as enlargement of the spleen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Secondary polycythemia is called when the body experiences an increased need for red blood cells and therefore produces more, or when there is an overproduction of the hormone EPO.\u00a0It is a hormone that is formed in the kidneys and controls the formation of red blood cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Secondary polycythemia<\/em> can occur if the body has received too little oxygen for an extended period of time.\u00a0It may be due to a disease that affects breathing such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, or some heart disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Secondary polycythemia can also occur if you have a certain type of cancer tumor that produces too much of the hormone EPO.\u00a0This can happen in, for example,\u00a0\u00a0kidney cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is a third form of polycythemia called apparent polycythemia. It is not a disease in itself but means that the blood contains too little blood plasma in relation to the number of red blood cells. It may be due to stress or dehydration. It may also be because you are being treated with liquid drugs. Apparent polycythemia does not need to be treated, but you are being treated for what has caused the reduction in the amount of blood plasma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The treatment of polycythemia<\/em> is to reduce the symptoms and to reduce the risk of blood clots.\u00a0This is done by reducing the number of red blood cells in the blood by means of blood draws or by slowing the blood formation with drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to quickly reduce the blood level to a normal level, initially, the blood is taken more than once a week.\u00a0Thereafter, the bottling takes place at regular intervals, usually every four to six weeks.\u00a0It depends on the size of the red blood cell overproduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You who have polycythemia vera should also be treated with salicylic acid tablets to prevent blood clots. This is because there is an increased risk of blood clots even after you have been treated with drops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You who have polycythemia vera and who have had a blood clot or are over 60 have a greater risk of blood clots. Then you need treatment with drugs that slow the bone marrow’s production of red blood cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You who have polycythemia vera receive treatment and follow-up for the rest of your life. The treatment you receive does not cure the disease but allows you to live pretty much normally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Secondary polycythemia does not present the same risk of blood clots as polycythemia vera. The treatment is primarily aimed at the root cause, which is another disease. If your blood levels and symptoms are greatly elevated, you may be treated with regular blood draws. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You can\u00a0seek care at any medical center or open specialist clinic you want throughout the country.\u00a0Sometimes\u00a0a referral\u00a0\u00a0to the open specialized care is\u00a0required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order for you to be involved in your care and treatment, it is important that you understand the information you receive from the healthcare staff.\u00a0Ask questions if you don’t understand.\u00a0For example, you should receive information about treatment options and how long you may have to wait for care and treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Children should also be involved in their care. The older the child, the more important it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Polycythemia means that you have too many red blood cells in your blood. It makes the blood flow thick. Polycythemia can be a disease but it can also be a consequence of other diseases. The treatment you receive depends on what form of polycythemia you have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,311,281],"tags":[313,314,312],"class_list":["post-278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diseases","category-blood-diseases","category-heart-blood-and-lymph-nodes","tag-polycythemia","tag-polycythemia-symptoms","tag-polycythemia-too-many-red-blood-cells-in-the-blood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3519,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278\/revisions\/3519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Symptoms of secondary polycythemia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
When and where should I seek care?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Investigation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What happens in the body?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Polycythemia vera<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Secondary polycythemia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Apparent polycythemia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Treatment of polycythemia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Treatment of polycythemia vera<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Treatment of secondary polycythemia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Influence and participate in your care<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
You should understand the information<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n