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Article: Too many red blood cells create problems

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September 26, 2006
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My husband just returned from the doctor with a possible diagnosis of polycythemia. Neither he nor I know anything about this. Would you tell us its significance? Is it a form of cancer? I suspect it might be. - W.B.

ANSWER: Polycythemia (POWL-ee-sigh-THEME-ee-uh) isn't cancer. It comes from a bone marrow that makes too many blood cells - red, white and platelets. Most attention is directed to the red blood cells. What pushed the marrow into this overproduction mode is something that has yet to be explained.

I'll bet the doctor discovered it not from symptoms your husband might have, but from blood work that showed a high red blood cell count.

Too many red blood cells can ...

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