Alternate Names : Essential thrombocythemia, Essential thrombocytosis
Definition
Primary thrombocythemia is the overproduction of platelets without a known cause. Platelets are essential for blood clotting.
Essential thrombocytosis: Essential thrombocytosis occurs when the body produces too many platelet cells. These cells help the blood clot in order to stop bleeding.
Essential thrombocytosis
Heart attack or stoke
Headache
Burning or throbbing pain, redness, and swelling of the hands and feet
Bruising
Gastrointestinal bleeding or blood in the urine ...
essential thrombocytosis An increased number of thrombocytes (platelets) in the blood, without a known cause. Also called essential thrombocythemia.
Also called essential thrombocytosis.
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essential thrombocytosis (eh-SEN-shul THROM-boh-sy-TOH-sis) An increased number of thrombocytes (platelets) in the blood, without a known cause.
Essential Thrombocytosis
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Essential thrombocythemia; Essential thrombocytosis
Definition of Primary thrombocythemia:
Primary thrombocythemia is the overproduction of platelets without a recognizable cause. Platelets are essential for blood clotting.
chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), polycythemia vera, essential thrombocytosis, or myelofibrosis).
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essential hemorrhagic thrombocythemia
essential thrombocytosis
idiopathic thrombocythemia
idiopathic thrombocytosis
primary thrombocythemia ...
Essential thrombocythemia. This term is used when a high platelet count occurs alone (that is, without other blood cell disorders).
Idiopathic thrombocythemia.
Primary or essential thrombocytosis (these are less favored terms).
Exposure to radiation
Exposure to certain chemicals (eg, benzene, a chemical used in the cleaning and manufacturing industries)
History of other blood disorders (eg, polycythemia vera, essential thrombocytosis, myelodysplastic syndrome
Race: Hispanic ...
constipation, stomach rupture, chronic irregular bowel movements, chronic irregular bowel movements, chronic irregular bowel movements
Edwardsiella tarda infection ... gastroenteritis
Esophageal ulcer ... perforated ulcer
Essential thrombocytosis -- ...
If you have a high platelet count because you have a blood disorder that affects the makeup of the blood itself, this is known as primary or essential thrombocytosis and bleeding and clotting, though rare, are more likely.
Myeloproliferative disorders such as polycythemia vera or essential thrombocytosis
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Inflammatory bowel syndrome
HIV/AIDS
Nephrotic syndrome (too much protein in the urine) ...
CML is nearly always characterized by the presence of the Philadelphia chromosome, a translocation between chromosomes 9 and 22 (i.e., t[9;22]). Other chronic myeloproliferative syndromes such as polycythemia vera and essential thrombocytosis are ...
Essential thrombocytosis
Essential tremor
Ethmoiditis
Ethylene glycol intoxication
Ethylene glycol poisoning
Eustachian tube dysfunction
Eustachian tube patency
Euvolemic hyponatremia
Ewing's family of tumors
Ewing's sarcoma ...
 See also: Thrombocytosis, Bleeding, Cancer, Symptom, Fibrosis
  
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