https://www.selleckchem.com/pr....oducts/icec0942-hydr
Secondary polycythemia (SP) occurs as a result of increase erythropoietin levels most commonly as a result of tissue hypoxia. Symptoms such as erythromelalgia, pruritis, and bleeding, which are frequently seen in polycythemia vera (PV), do not commonly occur in SP. Phlebotomy is considered one of the mainstays of therapy for PV but is rarely used for treatment of SP due to concern about worsening tissue hypoxia. We present the case of a patient with severe SP due to chronic hypoxic lung disease who presented with erythrom
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