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Essential Thrombocythemia (ET) and viruses

Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Dec 13, 2023 | Replies (53)
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@marty8888

Hi Victoria
I had ankle and foot pain before my diagnosis. Once on hydroxyurea the pain went away. I also drink electrolytes that have helped me alot. Use to get migraine 2 a week before electrolytes.

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Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | Dec 12, 2023

Welcome to Connect, @marty8888. Thank you for sharing your experiences with having ET. It’s really encouraging to hear you’ve had such good results with taking HU and that your foot and ankle pain is gone! Equally interesting is the change you’ve had with adding electrolytes on a regular basis.

Was this something you found on your own or did you have blood work done that indicated some of your numbers were low? What type of electrolytes do you take?

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