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Phlebotomy

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Iron overload (hemochromatosis)
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Polycythemia vera
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Porphyria
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Is phlebotomy a good career choice?

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How long do phlebotomy courses last?

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A 38-year old asked:

Please explain to me order of draw for phlebotomy?

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A 35-year old asked:

How long does it take to receive a phlebotomy license?

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A 33-year old asked:

What is the medical word for the alcohol preparation used to clean skin before routine phlebotomy?

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A 31-year old asked:

Is it true phlebotomy a good treatment for polycythaemia vera?

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A 29-year old asked:

Is it true that phlebotomy is the recommended or effective treatment for hemochromatosis?

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A 46-year old asked:

My friend has hemochromatosis. He has never had therapeutic phlebotomy. What should he do?

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A 21-year old asked:

My ferritin was 3,000 at diagnosis and was dropping steadily approximately 30 points per treatment, phlebotomy, but suddenly dropped 500 points. My doctor and I don't understand how this could have happened?

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A 29-year old female asked:

I have hemochromatosis and had my first phlebotomy yesterday. I was to get 300cc out. My blood was so thick it took 1.5hrs to get 200. Why is my blood like that and the risks?

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A 33-year old asked:

Is it usual to feel lightheaded when practicing phlebotomy?

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A 29-year old asked:

Signed up for phlebotomy classes. Would patient care technician or dialysis be better?

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A 44-year old asked:

Would carpal tunnel stop someone from doing phlebotomy?

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A 17-year old male asked:

Is xarelto a good drg for polycythemia Vera along with phlebotomy?

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A 17-year old male asked:

Life expectancy in 18 year old male diagnosed with polycythemia Vera being tested with phlebotomy?

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A 36-year old asked:

During my phlebotomy class my partrner stuck me with a needle.Can this cause pain,numbness in my whole left arm?

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A 44-year old asked:

I have too much iron and am having to have therapeutic phlebotomy. What foods can i eat to avoid any more iron intake?

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A 54-year old female asked:

Had an ambulatory phlebotomy on one leg approx 6 months ago and feeling discomfort around ankle and heaviness in leg. No swelling. NORMAL?

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A 32-year old female asked:

I have hemochromatosis I don't need a phlebotomy now, but I still have headaches fatigue fogginess and now nausea. My labs showed a high MCH level???

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A 59-year old female asked:

If a patient is on an ASPIRIN REGIMEN what test performed by a LANCET in the Foremarm, would be most affected? studying for a Phlebotomy class and I just wanted to know if I was right.

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A 29-year old female asked:

Follow up Bloodwork for previous ? WBC 12.3H HGB 16.9H HCT 48.9H MCH 32.7H GRAN% 75.8H GRAN# 9.3H Phlebotomy performed today. Do #s seem right for PV?

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A 20-year old asked:

How many phlebotomies will I need to have a normal iron level again?

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A 48-year old female asked:

I have been diagnosed with hereditary hemochromatosis. I have had 8 phlebotomies and my iron level is still raising. Why?

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A 29-year old female asked:

Being treated for polycythemia vera with phlebotomies. How does taking blood approximately every six weeks treat this condition? I don't understand.

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A 42-year old female asked:

After phlebotomies for hereditary hemochromatosis ferritin is 3, sat is 14%, but iron 40 - is this ID anemia?

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A 25-year old male asked about a female:

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