What causes thick blood in newborns?
Likewise, people ask, what causes high red blood cell count in newborns? Polycythemia in the Newborn. Polycythemia is an abnormally high concentration of red blood cells. This disorder may result from postmaturity, diabetes in the mother, twin-to-twin transfusions, in which blood flows from one fetus to the other, or a low oxygen level in the…