Last updated on 3rd Sep 2022 - By Dwayne Michaels

Most common symptoms of high hematocrit :

• Itchiness
• Joint swelling
• Headache
• Body ache
• Dizziness
• Tiredness
• A purple or reddish tint to the skin
• Feeling exhausted
• Weakness
• Getting easily bruised
• Unusual sweating
• Abnormal weight loss
• A yellow tint to the eyes

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Are lab test results always right?

While they do have to meet very high standards, they can be wrong sometimes. For example, you might get a false positive (the results say you have the condition you were tested for, but you really dont) or a false negative (the results say you don’t have a condition, but you really do).

Lab test failures contribute to delayed or wrong diagnoses and unnecessary costs and care. For context, a 2014 study estimated that diagnostic errors happen about 12 million times per year in U.S. outpatients. This represents 1 in 20 adults. In case you think your blood test result doesn't make any sense, we recommend that you do the test again from HealthLabs as they perform testing using verified methods and they test blood only in the best CLIA certified labs. You won't need a doctor's referral or insurance.

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Important note :

Please keep notes of the symptoms you are experiencing. These notes can help your doctor identify high hematocrit impact on your body. Keep the notes till the time you experience symptoms of high hematocrit and also keep a record of the following:

1. Medications used for high hematocrit.
2. The duration of symptoms.
3. The intensity of the headache, if any.
4. Fever logs and duration of the fever.
5. The date you experienced high hematocrit symptoms for the first time.
6. Side effects of the medicine you are experiencing, if any.
7. The duration of the disease.