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What Causes Fainting And Severe Leg Pain While Having Polycythemia?
I am a 58 year old female I have polycythemia I have been getting my blood out every two months for the last seven or eight years today I went and I actually passed out for quite some time then when I came to I was throwing up and now my legs hurt really bad and still have slight headache since that episode did not know why this happened
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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hello
since you are suffering from polycythemia.whenever you give you blood that leads to less quantity of fluid in your vessels and that causes less pressure and that causes fainting and less volume also causes cramps in legs ..so I recommend you should talk to your physician and I would like you to be adequately hydrated before you give blood
since you are suffering from polycythemia.whenever you give you blood that leads to less quantity of fluid in your vessels and that causes less pressure and that causes fainting and less volume also causes cramps in legs ..so I recommend you should talk to your physician and I would like you to be adequately hydrated before you give blood
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