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My blood thick what's the best treatment for it?
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Find out why first!: Best treatment for thick blood (polycythemia) depends upon cause. Is it polycythemia vera? Or is it due to smoking? Or perhaps excessive anabolic steroids? As a temporizing measure, your family physician can arrange for therapeutic phlebotomy whereby your excess blood is drawn off & thrown away. But for the long term, it's better to uncover the cause as that will then direct treatment.
Answered 8/9/2012
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