Disease Related to blood
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Disorders related to blood
Main disorder | Specific | Brief details |
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Anaemia | Iron-deficiency Anaemia | Results from deficiency of iron usually due to blood loss or poor nutrition. |
Vitamin-deficiency Anaemia | Results from low levels of Vitamin B12 or folic acid due to poor nutrition. | |
Aplastic Anaemia | Occurs when the body stops making enough red blood cells. This may be due to viral infections, exposure to toxic chemicals, drugs, and autoimmune diseases. | |
Hemolytic Anaemia | Occurs when abnormal breakdown of red blood cells takes place. | |
Sickle Cell Anaemia | It is a hereditary blood disorder, in which red blood cells taking a rigid, sickle shape. This decreases the cells' flexibility and may result in life-threatening complications. | |
Bleeding Disorders | Haemophilia | It is a rare, usually inherited, bleeding disorder characterised by body's inability to control blood clotting or coagulation. It results from a genetic defect in X- chromosome. |
von Willebrand Disease | It is the most common hereditary coagulation abnormality that results when the blood lacks von Willebrand factor, a protein that helps the blood to clot. | |
Blood Cancers | Leukemia | Characterised by rapid production of abnormal white blood cells which cannot fight infection and also impair the ability of the bone marrow to produce red blood cells and platelets. |
Lymphoma | Lymphoma is a type of blood cancer that occurs when lymphocytes, the white blood cells that form a part of the immune system, divide faster than normal cells or live longer than they are supposed to. | |
Myeloma | This type of cancer targets the plasma cells which produce antibodies, thus weaken the immune system of the body. | |
Others | Thalassemia | An inherited blood disorder caused when the body doesn't make enough of a protein called haemoglobin, an important part of red blood cells. |
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