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Dr.Patel serves as Center Medical Director and a Primary Care Physician at Oak Street Health in Arizona. She graduated from the Zhejiang University School of Medicine prior to working in clinical research focused on preventive medicine at the University of Illinois and the University of Nevada. Dr. Patel earned her MSc in Global Health from Georgetown University, during which she worked with the WHO in Sierra Leone and Save the Children in Washington, D.C. She went on to complete her Family Medicine residency in Chicago at Norwegian American Hospital before completing a fellowship in Leadership in Value-based Care in conjunction with the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, where she earned her MBA. Dr. Patel’s interests include health tech and teaching medical students and she currently serves as Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Arizona School of Medicine.
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- Blood in stool
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Try Free Symptom QuizWhat is Essential Thrombocythemia?
Essential thrombocythemia is a rare disorder where the body produces too many platelets, which are blood cells that stick together to form clots. It may be caused by several acquired gene mutations, which are not inherited.
Typical Symptoms of Essential Thrombocythemia
- Pain over the back of my head
- Pain over the temples
- Headache
- Pain at the back of the eye
- Blood in stool
- Forehead pain
- Headache that affects both sides
- Dizziness
Diagnostic Questions for Essential Thrombocythemia
Your doctor may ask these questions to check for this disease:
- Do you have pain at the back of your head?
- Do you have temple pain?
- Do you have headaches or a heavy feeling in your head?
- Have you had frequent severe headaches with deep eye pain in the past 1-2 months?
- Do you have blood in your stool?
Treatment of Essential Thrombocythemia
Essential thrombocythemia is a chronic condition with no cure. Mild forms of the disease may not need treatment. For those with severe symptoms, medications to lower platelet count and/or blood thinners may be needed.
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References
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17474086.2019.1585239Maleknia M, Shahrabi S, Ghanavat M, Vosoughi T, Saki N. Essential thrombocythemia: a hemostatic view of thrombogenic risk factors and prognosis. Mol Biol Rep. 2020 Jun;47(6):4767-4778. doi: 10.1007/s11033-020-05536-x. Epub 2020 May 30. PMID: 32472297.
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Reviewed By:
Unnati Patel, MD, MSc (Family Medicine)
Dr.Patel serves as Center Medical Director and a Primary Care Physician at Oak Street Health in Arizona. She graduated from the Zhejiang University School of Medicine prior to working in clinical research focused on preventive medicine at the University of Illinois and the University of Nevada. Dr. Patel earned her MSc in Global Health from Georgetown University, during which she worked with the WHO in Sierra Leone and Save the Children in Washington, D.C. She went on to complete her Family Medicine residency in Chicago at Norwegian American Hospital before completing a fellowship in Leadership in Value-based Care in conjunction with the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, where she earned her MBA. Dr. Patel’s interests include health tech and teaching medical students and she currently serves as Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Arizona School of Medicine.
Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal Medicine)
Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.
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