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Polycythemia Vera Diagnosis

Premium Questions

Dr. Deepak Sundriyal MD

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

Answered by : Dr. Deepak Sundriyal ( Oncologist)
Dr.  Anil Parth Desai MD

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

Answered by : Dr. Anil Parth Desai ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)
Dr. Chobufo Ditah MD

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

Answered by : Dr. Chobufo Ditah ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Rakhi Tayal MD

[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

Answered by : Dr. Rakhi Tayal ( OBGYN)
Dr.         Muhammad Hanif MD

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

Answered by : Dr. Muhammad Hanif ( General & Family Physician)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr. Hardik Sanghvi MD

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

Answered by : Dr. Hardik Sanghvi ( Hematologist)
Dr. Prakash Kumar Gupta MD

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

Answered by : Dr. Prakash Kumar Gupta ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Hardik Sanghvi MD

Iam54years old, 176 cms tall and 64 kg weight. I am a polycythemia veera patient on asprin. I had a cvt in1996 and heart attack in2002. I am on asprin anticoagulantslike warfarin cardivas and beta ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hardik Sanghvi ( Pathologist and Microbiologist)
Dr. Arun MD

I ve had sleep apnea for approximately 8 years now. I also have polycythemia vera which started ... I haven t had to get any phlebotomies. I m now thinking that my polycythemia vera was because... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Arun ( Infectious Diseases Specialist)
Dr. Munish Sood MD

I am 63 and have Dercums Disease, Polycythemia Vera, Aspergillus Fumigatus, Hereditary Angioedema, leaking heart valve, RLS, COPD, Diebetes, Emphysema and have had Histoplasmosis twice. Can some of these ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Munish Sood ( Ayurveda Specialist)