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Medicine General 112b0600

Monge's disease refers to:

A
Primary Familial Polycythemia
B
High Altitude Erythrocytosis
C
Spurious Polycythemia
D
Polycythemia Vera
High-Yield Explanation
Answer is B (High Altitude Erythrocytosis) lionge's disease (Chronic :Mountain Sickness) is also known as High Altitude Pathologic Erythrocytosis. Chronic Mountain Sickness; Monge's disease; (High Altitude Pathologic Erythrocytosis; High Altitude Excessive Polycythem a) * Excessive Erythrocytosis (Hb>19 /dL for females and 21/dL for males) Chronic Mountain Sickness is a clinical * Hypoxemia syndrome that occurs in natives or long? * Pulmonary hypeension (in some cases) life residents above 2500m. Headache, * Right hea failure or Cor-Pulmonale (in severe cases) dizziness and fatigue are typical initial * Recovery on descent to low altitude presenting symptoms

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