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Blood diseases
Blood diseases affect the production of blood and its components, such as blood cells, hemoglobin, blood proteins, the mechanism of coagulation, etc. The study of etiology, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and prevention of blood diseases is the domain of hematology and hemotherapy . Medical specialists in this domain are called hematologists.
Classification of diseases
- Hemoglobinopaties
- Decreased numbers of cells
- Anemias (decrease in the number of erythrocytes)
- Iron deficiency anemia (caused by deficiency of production of hemoglobin)
- Aplastic anemia
- Pernicious anemia
- Megaloblastic anemia - Vitamin B12 or folate deficiency
- Hemolytic anemia (caused by destruction of red cells)
- Fanconi anemia
- Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia
- Myelodysplastic syndrome
- Hereditary elliptocytosis
- Myelofibrosis
- Neutropenia (decrease in the number of neutrophils)
- Agranulocytosis
- Spherocytosis
- Glanzmann's thrombasthenia
- Thrombocytopenia (decrease in the number of platelets)
- Anemias (decrease in the number of erythrocytes)
- Increased numbers of cells
- Polycythemia vera (increase in the number of cells in general)
- Leukocytosis (increase in the number of white blood cells)
- Thrombocytosis (increase in the number of platelets)
- Myeloproliferative disorder
- Hematological malignancies
- Coagulopathies
- Disorders of clotting proteins
- Disorders of platelets
- Other diseases that mainly affect blood cells
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