Julie Huynh-Lu, P.A.

January 29, 2025

A panelist discusses how caregivers can support patients with polycythemia vera (PV) by helping track symptoms, managing medical appointments and recognizing warning signs that require physician intervention.

January 22, 2025

A panelist discusses how patients should communicate comprehensively with their care team about symptom patterns, documentation methods, and warning signs of polycythemia vera progression, including key questions to ask themselves about symptom changes and recommended tracking tools.

January 15, 2025

panelist discusses how polycythemia vera (PV) treatment approaches include both therapeutic phlebotomy and medications like hydroxyurea or interferon to control blood counts, with treatment selection based on individual risk factors and symptoms, while patients can actively participate in their care through lifestyle modifications and regular monitoring of blood counts, symptoms and cardiovascular risk factors to achieve both immediate symptom relief and long-term disease control.

January 08, 2025

A panelist discusses how patients with polycythemia vera (PV) often present with diverse symptoms ranging from fatigue and itching to cardiovascular complications, leading doctors to conduct specific diagnostic tests including complete blood counts, JAK2 mutation analysis and bone marrow biopsies, although diagnosis can be challenging due to symptom overlap with other conditions and varying presentation patterns.