Polycythemia
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Absolute Polycythemia (Red Cell mass ↑ )
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Relative Polycythemia
- Normal Red Cell Mass
- Decrease in plasma volume
- Obese, middle-aged men with anxiety and hypertension.
Absolute:
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Primary Polycythemia Rubra Vera: ↑ RBC, WBC, and Platelets
(Increase in RBCs with ↑ in WBCs or ↑ Platelets or both) -
Secondary Polycythemia
- Smoking
- High altitude
- Renal Cysts
- Hypernephroma
- Hepatoma
- COPD
- Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease
- Uterine Fibromyoma
- Adrenal adenoma
- Phaeochromocytoma