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Primary Polycythemia is a chronic illness of the blood. It is a myeloproliferative disease characterized by excess red blood cells. These excess red blood cells cause increased blood thickness and clotting problems.MedlinePlus: Polycythemia Vera
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- AKA: Polycythemia VeraNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: Polycythemia Vera Key Points
- Cause: Mutation in JAK 2 geneNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: Polycythemia Vera Key Points
- Rarely seen in patients under 40MedlinePlus: Polycythemia Vera
- Men twice as likely to suffer from Primary Polycythemia as womenUPMC: Primary Polycythemia
- Most common in men over 60National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: Polycythemia Vera Key Points
- Total blood volume can be twice normal volumeBloodIndex: Polycythemia
- Blood viscosity can be five times normalBloodIndex: Polycythemia
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Treatment
Although there is currently no cure for Primary Polycythemia, there are treatments to help manage the disease. These include phlebotomy to decrease blood volume, low dose aspirin to thin the blood and chemotherapy to reduce the number of red blood cells produced by the bone marrow.BloodIndex: Polycythemia -
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