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Suffering From Blood Thickening. Random Chills, Difficulty Breathing. Taking Vitamins. Treatment?
I was at work all day today from 5:00 am to 10:00pm I m 22 yrs old I do have a blood contrition where my blood is to thick. I m taking my vitamins and k2 to cope with it but to day I would get these random chill throught the day and it was actually harder for me to breath than any other day. . I dry heaved 2 times today.
Sat, 27 Jul 2013
Hello and welcome to HCM,
I assume that the thickening of blood that you have mentioned is polycythemia.
Polycythemia is characterized by increased viscosity of blood.
The cause is increase in erythropoietin levels.
The cause of increased erythropoietin levels may be primary or secondary.
It is managed by phelebotomy and / or drugs e.g. hydroxyurea.
The major complications of polycythemia is thrombosis and hemorrhage.
Thrombosis and hemorrhage can occur in any organ of the body.
Chills is unlikely to be due to polycythemia.
Labored or difficult breathing can be due to some kind of thrombotic process in the pulmonary circulation.
Consult your treating hematologist to investigate for the pulmonary symptoms.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal
I assume that the thickening of blood that you have mentioned is polycythemia.
Polycythemia is characterized by increased viscosity of blood.
The cause is increase in erythropoietin levels.
The cause of increased erythropoietin levels may be primary or secondary.
It is managed by phelebotomy and / or drugs e.g. hydroxyurea.
The major complications of polycythemia is thrombosis and hemorrhage.
Thrombosis and hemorrhage can occur in any organ of the body.
Chills is unlikely to be due to polycythemia.
Labored or difficult breathing can be due to some kind of thrombotic process in the pulmonary circulation.
Consult your treating hematologist to investigate for the pulmonary symptoms.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal
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