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My Son, 48yrs Old, Has Been Diagnosed With Polycythemia. For
My son, 48yrs old, has been diagnosed with Polycythemia. For the past few years he has been doing a flabotomy (spelling?) to decrease the excess of red blood cells in his body. How does anemia play a part in this? Does this condition shorten his life or quality of life in any way?
