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Does Polycythemia Vera Cause Blood In The Stools?
Hello, my mother is 63 years old, she has polycythemia vera from 4 years. From 2-3 weeks she has a very little blood on the toilet paper, but not every day. Yesterday she has diarrhea with no blood or pain, but temperature 37.5C. Is it possible this blood to be result from the polycytemia. Thank you very much!
Tue, 11 Nov 2014
Hello and welcome to HCM,
Polycythemia causes high hemoglobin and high red blood cell mass.
Complications of polycythemia includes thrombosis and sometimes hemorrhage, however, bleeding in stools is unlikely to occur due to polcythemia.
I suggest you to consult a gastroenterologist for lower GI endoscopy and thus to look for the cause of such bleedingd.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal
Polycythemia causes high hemoglobin and high red blood cell mass.
Complications of polycythemia includes thrombosis and sometimes hemorrhage, however, bleeding in stools is unlikely to occur due to polcythemia.
I suggest you to consult a gastroenterologist for lower GI endoscopy and thus to look for the cause of such bleedingd.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal
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