The hyperviscosity shndrome can cause cardiac ischemia by impairing micro circulation and this syndrome is associated with erythrocytosis, leukocytes is, or hypercholesterolemi. For each condition provide a definition, indicate two causes for each condition and give the normal values.

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The hyperviscosity shndrome can cause cardiac ischemia by impairing micro circulation and this syndrome is associated with erythrocytosis, leukocytes is, or hypercholesterolemi. For each condition provide a definition, indicate two causes for each condition and give the normal values. 

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Hyperviscosity syndrome is a condition in which the viscosity of the blood increases. Symptoms of this syndrome includes visual disturbances, mucus membranes bleed spontaneously, headache, coma and seizures. It occurs due to pathological changes in either protein fraction or cellular fraction of the blood.

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