ZeDarkKnight
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I'm gonna give my two cents on the matter since I have a small history of polycythemia...
It's not a real cancer, it's more a 'blood dysfunction'. Your blood produces too many red blood cells. Since it's not a real cancer, there's another form of it called Secondary Polycythemia. This means the cause is from another problem and it's secondary... This is what I had, before doctors found my kidney cancer and removed it and part of one of my kidneys... After surgery my blood tests returned to normal thankfully...
Here are other causes of secondary polycythemia:
The most common causes of secondary polycythemia are
It's not a real cancer, it's more a 'blood dysfunction'. Your blood produces too many red blood cells. Since it's not a real cancer, there's another form of it called Secondary Polycythemia. This means the cause is from another problem and it's secondary... This is what I had, before doctors found my kidney cancer and removed it and part of one of my kidneys... After surgery my blood tests returned to normal thankfully...
Here are other causes of secondary polycythemia:
The most common causes of secondary polycythemia are
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Smoking or lung diseases
- Obesity hypoventilation syndrome
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Use of diuretics
- Use of performance-enhancement drugs, including EPO, testosterone, and anabolic steroids
- Chronic carbon monoxide poisoning
- Living at a high altitude
- Kidney disease or cysts
- Brain, liver, or uterine tumors
- Chronic heart disease