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

34.5 rdw 13 platelets 361. Doctor believes I have polycythemia . Been suffering from severe joint pain , fatigue, itchy, parts of my skin burn. Is this primary or secondary polycythemia. ... 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

I have polycythemia (diagnosed March 2015) and my cholesterol has shot up to 292 from 200 last ... mutation , so the feeling is the Humira is causing the polycythemia. Question: is there any correlation ... View answer

can drinking guinness over the years cause Polycythemia? ... 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 Aunt has polycythemia secondary (non-vera) I m trying to help her find out more information about it. The doctor s don t seem to know much of what causes it. She is having a pint of blood drawn ... View answer

A 68 yrs old male admitted to the hospital for emphysema. he is hypoxic and his lab test reveal low O2 level. His hematocrit is 65%. the physician has tild him that he has a type of polycythemia . if ... View answer

Hi, doc, for polycythemia, what medications can be used? Many, many years ago, my maternal grand mother was told she had polycythemia rubra vera and the treatment for her was therapeutic phlebotomy... View answer

Hello doctor. My husband is just 36 years old and he was diagnosed with primary polycythemia. I am ... that he may have leukemia. And that he has to undergo chemo. Is primary polycythemia cancer of the ... View answer