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Content updated on Sep 20, 2022

What is essential thrombocythemia?

Essential thrombocythemia is a rare disorder in which the body produces too many platelets (cells in the blood that stick together to form clots). It may be caused due to several acquired gene mutations (not inherited).

Symptoms of essential thrombocythemia

  • Pain over the back of my head

  • Pain over the temples

  • Headache

  • Pain at the back of the eye

  • Forehead pain

  • Headache that affects both sides

  • Dizziness

  • I feel like I'm spinning around / vertigo

Questions your doctor may ask to check for essential thrombocythemia

Your doctor may ask these questions to diagnose essential thrombocythemia

  • Do you have pain behind your head?

  • Do you have pain around your temples?

  • Do you have headaches or does your head feel heavy?

  • Have you had severe headaches with deep pain in the eyes more than once a week over last 1-2 months?

  • Do you have pain around your forehead?

Treatment for essential thrombocythemia

Essential thrombocythemia is a chronic condition with no cure. Mild forms of the disease may not need treatment. Those with severe symptoms, you may need medications to lower platelet count and/ or blood thinners.

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Unnati Patel

Unnati Patel, MD, MSc (GP / Family doctor)

Dr Patel graduated from the Zhejiang University School of Medicine. She worked in clinical research at the University of Illinois in Chicago and University of Nevada in Las Vegas focused on culturally adapted health interventions for preventive medicine in the community setting. Received her Master's of Science in Global Health (concentration in Health Policy) from Georgetown University, during which she worked with the WHO in Sierra Leone and Save the Children in Washington, D.C. Unnati went on to complete her family medicine residency in Chicago, Illinois at Norwegian American Hospital. | | She is currently working as a primary care physician in the city of Chicago and completing her Master's of Business Administration at the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and Fellowship in Leadership in Value-Based Care.

Yoshinori Abe

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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