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@keanam

I'm so sorry. I caught covid November 2021 and by January of 2024 I had gained 60 pounds and suffered a dvt, got diagnosed with polycythemia which the oncologist ruled it was caused by covid, since then I've been prescribed a wonderful medication called topamax and lost that 60 pounds plus 10 more as of now. I encourage everyone with post covid to get tested for polycythemia, it saved my life.

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Thanks for reply. Polycythemia is a condition of where a higher number of red cells are produced, right? But it helps with weight loss which is not a symptom mentioned in Mayo's overview of the disease? Is it working through you having more energy?