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can polycythaemia just disappear

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moira43918
moira43918

In july After 4 blood tests showing high red and white blood cells i was referred to Haemotologist who confirmed my bloods showed polycythaemia i had more blood tests including the one for the jak2 gene also had abdominal ultrasound. I was also told to stop smoking, which i did. Fast forward to mid October i went back to Haemotologist for results bloods still the same as before , ultrasound fine but the jak2 test had gone missing so all bloods taken again. Got the results for bloods other than the jak2 one from Haemotologist today (via my GP) and my results have drastically improved showing no signs of polycythaemia (results were actually better than bloods done 6 years ago). Can just having stopped smoking cause this difference in the results? Can someone explain? GP doesn't seem to know much about polycythaemia and i don't go back to Haemotologist until December?

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  • harrishill1
    harrishill1 moira43918

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    Hi moira: No, results don't usually change. However, maybe your blood was mixed up with someone else's. I had that happen only one time. Next time you go back, let's hope your blood is normal, and that the first test was wrong or mixed up with another person's. I will pray it is normal.

    harrishill

    • bill71415
      bill71415 moira43918

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      But since stopping smoking brought down your blood counts, it is most likely that you had secondary polycythemia, which can be fixed by finding and removing the cause, which in your case was smoking.
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