A Summary of Blood Disorders

By: Medreth Thomas

There are a lot of diseases and conditions that fall under the category of "blood disorders."

Under anemia blood disorders are those caused by excessive bleeding, those caused by chronic diseases, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, hemoglobin C, S-C, and E diseases, anemia where iron deficiency is present, Sickle Cell Disease, thalassemias, and also those anemias caused by vitamin deficiency. Individuals that have an anemic blood disorder have a low count of red blood cells, or a insufficiency of hemoglobin in the cells. The hemoglobin is the protein that carries oxygen; and the body needs oxygen in all organs and tissues in order to function properly.

A myeloproliferative blood disorder is one that results in excessive or overcrowding of the fibrous tissue of blood–producing cells within the bone marrow. This kind of blood disorder is not usually inherited genetically, although it is possible for family members to have a predisposition towards the condition.

A plasma cell blood disorder develops because the fluid portion of the blood, the plasma, increases to the point where it can only make one type of antibody. In order for the body to defend itself against infectious microorganisms, the plasma cells must function properly.

Improper functioning of the spleen can also cause blood disorders; the spleen is under the rib cage in the upper left of the abdomen. Within the spleen are the white pulp and the red pulp, both of which have a vital role in maintaining healthy blood. The body’s infection–fighting system comes out of the spleen’s white pulp, which manufacture white blood cells that produce antibodies. Removing unwanted material from the body is the function of the red pulp. You can actually live without a spleen but the body will lose some of its ability to protect the body from those nasty infectious agents that can get into the bloodstream.

Henoch-Schönlein Purpura, Thrombocytopenia (ITP, and TTP), hemophilia, Von Willebrand’s Disease, and Thrombophilia are some of the most commonly known blood–clotting disorders.

There are also blood disorders of the white blood cells. They include basophilic and eosinophilic disorders, lymphocytic leukocytosis, lymphocytopenia, neutropenia and neutrophilic leukocytosis, basophilic and eosinophilic disorders. A white blood cell disorder usually occurs when there are too many white blood cells or too few. Medical science categorizes many diseases of the blood, but understand that blood disorders are treatable with medication, or with alternative methods that do not involve pharmaceutical drugs.

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Medreth Thomas has a great interest in health and health related subjects. To find out about his ongoing research, just visit 'Be Healthy Now' which is updated every day as research and findings add to it's knowledge base.

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