Polycythemia Vera Diagnosis

Have polycythemia vera. Changed from Hydroxyurea to jakafi. Jakafi affects leptin and causes weight gain somehow by no srnsing satiety. I am now 150lbs. Is semaglutide safe if you have polycythemia... View answer

Beside the diagnosis of Polycythemia Vera my most recent blood work showed problems with high iron. My Iron was 183 Ferritin was 616.2 Iron Saturation Percent was 75.62 % saturation What could possibly... View answer

my daughter has been diagnosed with polycythemia vera. Are deep bloody dime size sores that bled profusely in chest and stomach indicative of that diagnosis? this started with 1 in September and as of... View answer

[My nurse practioner said she thinks I have p vera ! Is this fatal if treated ? I've always had quirky blood test . I high ANA false positive lupus test false positive syphllis test ect. Coud this be another quirky blood.... View answer

My grandson is 24 and has autism . learning disabilities, epilepsy not sure if these have any relation to my daughters MND Over the last 3/4 years he has been diagnosed with polycythemia and frequently ... View answer

Hi. My mother is 60, 1.60m and 80 Kg. She has a diagnosis of polycytemia vera. When we discovered she had big values of hematic cells, platelets and leukocytes. At the hospital in Romania they took ... View answer

I am 74 years old. I have polycythemia vera. I have developed deep muscle pain. My ldh is 503. My doctor says the pain is due to the polycythemia vera but the ldh isn t necessary the cause.... View answer

I have Polycythemia Vera (high platelets and red blood cells, hematocrit). Im considering travelling to Thailand which has a high risk of Dengue fever (it causes low platelets). Is it more dangerous ... View answer

My endochrinologist has diagnosed me with polycythemia vera. He has ruled out that the raise in my ... endocrinologist says that he would like to refer me to a hematologist. Can my polycythemia... View answer

How dangerous is polycythemia vera? My husband has been diagnosed, he is 62, previous heart attack , easily fatigued, etc. From my reading I find it is everything from manageable to fatal. ... View answer