Polycythemia

Polycythemia
Polycythemia
Other names	Polyglobulia
	Packed cell volume diagram.

Polycythemia (also known as polycythaemia or polyglobulia) is a rare blood disease in which there is an increase in red blood cells. This can cause blood to become thicker and therefore cause strokes and heart attacks.

Emergency treatment for this can include removal of blood.^[1]

References

↑ Spivak, Jerry L.. How I treat polycythemia vera (in en). Blood 134 (4) (July 2019). p. 341–352. doi:10.1182/blood.2018834044.

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[1] Spivak, Jerry L.. How I treat polycythemia vera (in en). Blood 134 (4) (July 2019). p. 341–352. doi:10.1182/blood.2018834044.

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