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Question: Can a person have secondary polycythemia at age 21? I moved up to a high altitude of 9000ft, and have been experiencing symptoms of polycythemia (opposite of anemia), even after a year later when I moved back to sea level, then went back up to denver which is roughly 5000ft. (symptoms are rash in bath, blood count above 15 etc )
Anyway is it possible for someone my age to have it? Also as it's secondary, is it treatable? Or life long term like primary?
I'm off to the doctor first thing tomorrow, but any answers would be appreciated.
Answer: Lxxiodan answer your some question but not address all your question.If you have secondary polycythemia and not due to chronic disease we call physiology polycythemia and the prognosis is very good completely should not compare to polycythemia vera.Many athletic train in high altitude just want to take this advantage and this condition usually no need to get treatment once you return normal altitude slowly your red cell count to return to normal.
polycythemia vera(primary) we consider it as blood malignant disease and eventally to end up to sever anemia.
Question: Can a person have secondary polycythemia at age 25?
Answer: Although the typical age for "secondary" polycythemia is a bit older(40-60 years old) it's causes are fairly diffuse and a young adult could easily be subject to one or more of the many causes; keep in mind that "secondary "polycythemia can also arise not because the number of red cells is higher but because the relative amount of serum(liquid portion) is lower, there by increasing your hematocrit (% of cells/volume)
Although most commonly induced from living at high altitudes to offset lower oxygen content of the air (partial pressure)it can also be caused by smoking, chronic carbon monoxide poisoning, and kidney or brain cysts/tumors that provoke increased hormone level that provoke red blood cell production.
Of course it is unknown here, but unlikely that you would have advanced heart failure or respiratory insufficiency: However, usually men, that have high blood pressure, smoke, take medication to rid extra water can develop "Graisbock's Syndrome ( a variant of secondary).
Another variant that is not age specific is "spurious" and due, most often to a form of severe stress (physical or functional.
Just last Summer,,I encountered a <30 year old resident of Denver, that incurred a "messenteric thrombus" (blood clot to the gut) after a long period of driving: He had not yet to be diagnosed until this event.
I hope that this helps to answer your question.
Question: Has anyone heard of iron pills causing temporary Secondary Polycythemia Vera? i.e hemoglobin going from 113 then up to 185
Answer: Polycythemia ( increased red cell count/ increased Hemoglobin level) is of 3 types.
1- Relative polycythemia= due to decrease in fluid volume of blood cauing spurious Polycythemia.
2- Secondary Polycythemia= due to the overproduction of erythropoietin, a hormone which stimulates red blood cells production, which itself can be due to decrease in oxygen ( high altitude, lung disease etc.)
3- Polycythemia vera is a cancerous condition also called primary polycythemia, it's cause is not known and definitely iron doesn't have any role to play. There is no such term as secondary polycythemia vera.
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Question: Does anyone have Polycythemia Vera or secondary? A family member has this and I was wondering if anyone here did and how were they doing? I also would like to know the treatments they were taking. Thanks
Answer: Please see the web pages for more details on Polycythemia vera.
