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Your wbc increases with polycythemia because the bone marrow is so hyperactive. so why are you more at-risk for infections?
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Wrong cells: In polycythemia [ increased red cells] can ocur for a number of reasons. you are at risk for complications of whatever disorder caused the increase in RBCs. Conditions such as, pulmonary fibrosis, at times COPD a connection between the great vessels of the body, a vascular shunt, some drug reactions, and true polycythemia in which the bone-marrow makes too many RBCs.
Answered 6/11/2015
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