Hemoglobinopathy

Your blood is living tissue made up of liquid and solids. The liquid part, called plasma, is made of water, salts and protein. Over half of your blood is plasma. The solid part of your blood contains red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.Blood disorders affect one or more parts of the blood and prevent your blood from doing its job. They can be acute or chronic. Many blood disorders are inherited. Other causes include other diseases, side effects of medicines, and a lack of certain nutrients in your diet.Types of blood disorders includePlatelet disorders, excessive clotting, and bleeding problems, which affect how your blood clotsAnemia, which happens when your blood does not carry enough oxygen to the rest of your bodyCancers of the blood, such as leukemia and myelomaEosinophilic disorders, which are problems with one type of white blood cell.

Disease Alternative Name

blood disorders

hematologic disorders

hematologic diseases

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Lakshmi Venkata Simhachalam Kutikuppala

MBBS Student

Target Cells are seen in: Haemoglobinopathy Obstructive Jaundice Thallasaemia Liver abscess Iron deficiemcy Polycythaemia Sideroblastic anaemia

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Lakshmi Venkata Simhachalam Kutikuppala

MBBS Student

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Dr. Sumit Kumar Vishwakarma

Internal Medicine

method to measure Control of Diabetes mellitus 1.HbA1c 2.Fructosamine 3.glycosylated albumin factor affecting HbA1c level hemoglobinopathy anemia hypertriglyceridemia jaundice ckd cld alcoholic

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Dr. Ashutosh Pathak

Internal Medicine

7 months amenorrhea with this blood report with no complaints just came for antenatal checkup and came out this in hb el...See More

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Dr. Javaid Iqbal Khan

Hematology

A Rare case... I saw a 38 years Gravida 4 pregnant near Term was planned for LSCS by next day & I was not called to attend this patient but I asked the Post Graduate on duty why this patient looks cyanosed & we just ignored as patient was s...See More

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Dr. Shailesh Yadav

General Practice (Ayurveda)

A 26yrs lady c/f breathlessness, generalized weakness science 1 mths,o/e pallor ++, icterus,++, hepatosplenomegaly, bloo...See More

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Dr. Mihir Vedula

48 yo with pain in shoulder and h/o hemoglobinopathy? Diagnosis and mx

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Dr. Chintan Chaudhary

Obstetrics & Gynecology

G2P1L1 with 28 weeks of twin pregnancy(prev. Cs). She is having a sickel cell Heamoglobinopathy with 1st child having sickel cell anaemia. She is advised for prenatal diagnosis during this pregnancy but she refused due to cost. Now wht pr...See More

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