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Myeloproliferative disorders
Myeloproliferative disorders are a group of conditions where there is overgrowth of blood cells in the bone marrow leading symptoms that can include fatigue, enlarged spleen, weight loss, bleeding, blood clots, difficulty breathing, and fever.
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A 25-year old asked:
What are the real symptoms of myeloproliferative disorders?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Myeloproliferative disorders?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Can a Thrombocytosis of 425 be myeloproliferative disorders,?
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A 65-year old male asked:
Could you please tell me whether a myeloproliferative DISORDER is the same thing as a myeloproliferative NEOPLASM?
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A 47-year old asked:
Can myeloproliferative disorder be diagnosed by an mri?
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A 68-year old male asked:
Could you please tell me whether there any hematologic malignancies in addition to or other than the myeloproliferative disorders/neoplasms? If so, are any of them common?
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A 68-year old male asked:
I would appreciate some clarity on an important matter. Are myelodsyplastic and myeloproliferative disorders pre-malignant conditions or are they malignancies by their very nature even before an acute transformation has occurred?
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A 67-year old male asked:
Are all acute transformations rare or is there good evidence that the probability of such an occurrence depends upon the particular type of underlying myeloproliferative disorder that a person has? I'm told that there is more than one type of MD.
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A 40-year old asked:
What does myeloproliferative disorder with essential thrombocythemia mean?
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A 43-year old asked:
What is a myeloproliferative disorder that includes essential thrombocythemia?
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A 73-year old male asked:
Is overlap myelodysplasticity myeloproliferative disorder a name for one disorder with common features of two disorders or the one blood disorder ?
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A 68-year old male asked:
A family member has a myeloproliferative disorder. He does have a good hematologist and is stable. However, generally speaking, can an acute transformation take place over a few months, a few weeks or even a few days? We need to be prepared?
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A 74-year old male asked about a 90-year old male:
In general, if a 91 yr-old has acute transformation of a myeloproliferative disorder then is it worthwhile to treat the pt, if there is a treatment?
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A 74-year old male asked:
Are there any treatments for acute transformation of overlap myelodysplascity/myeloproliferative disorder in an elderly patient If so, what are they?
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A 73-year old male asked:
Is there a medical definition of "immuncompromised"? Would someone with a neutrophil count of 14.1 x10^9 or myeloproliferative disorder qualify?
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A 76-year old female asked:
Hi my mother had myeloproliferative disorder or syndrome & a dr. Tod me i will eventually turn into leukemia. It doesn't have to turn into l. Rt?
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A 74-year old male asked about a 90-year old male:
Infection makes it harder to recover from an acute transformation of a myeloproliferative disorder But can the antibiotics also have an adverse effect?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Are there any contraindications to using isotrotenin to treat acne when i have diagnosed myeloproliferative disorder( essential thrombocytemia (~640 tys/ul platelets ) or very early stages of marrow fibrosis). Same question Testosterone Replacment?
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A 67-year old male asked:
Could you please tell me whether JAK-2 overlap myeloproliferative/myelodysplastic disorder is familial?
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A 64-year old male asked:
Is it unusual (even if possible) for overlap myeloproliferative-myelodysplastic disorder to lower an elderly person's oral temperature below 36C for about 50% of his temp readings over 2 weeks? The temperatures are highly likely to be accurate.
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A 68-year old male asked:
A relative has an overlap myeloproliferative/myelodysplastic disorder. He has been told that if it changes into an acute transformation then it may be life-threatening. However, is there some other possible change that could ALSO be life-threatening?
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A 75-year old male asked:
The question is not about me I understand that an acute transformation of overlap myeloproliferative/myelodyplastictiy disorder is the terminal phase of the disorder But what is a blastic transformation of the disorder? Is it the same thing as an ac?
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A 43-year old asked:
A friend of mine has a myeloproliferative blood disorder, which is the overproduction of blood cells. Could this be the start of leukemia?
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A 65-year old male asked:
Are any of (1) overlap myeloproliferative/myelodysplastictiy disorder (2) monoclonal B cell lymphocytosis or(3) monoclonal gammopathy ever familial?
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A 64-year old male asked:
Is it likely that the chronicity of overlap myeloproliferative-myelodysplastic disorder would by itself cause this rising CRP (30.5 mg/L 37.8; 54.3 ; 66.0; 110.0; 126.9; 148.5; 89.6; & 147.3)? It will be investigated bit I still desire an opinion now
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A 64-year old male asked:
85 year-old friend has for 2 weeks had his temp < 36C 19 times out of 34 readings. I don't understand this inconsistency. WBC is moderately hi & CRP very hi & going up. Could the temps be due to his overlap myeloproliferative-myelodysplastic disorder?
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A 64-year old male asked:
If a person has overlap myeloproliferative-myelodysplastic disorder which is causing an elevated WBC and a very high (and increasingly high) CRP, could antibiotics bring down the CRP even if there is no infection?
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A 39-year old female asked:
I had a bone marrow bx to rule out a myeloproliferative illness. The pathologist recommends a trephine core biopsy. What reason would that before ?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Can you have a healthy baby if you have meyloproliferitive disorder?
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A 54-year old female asked:
What causes myloproliferative disorder?
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