Blood Disorders Facts
Many blood disorders are hard to diagnose, but they are sometimes easily treated if diagnosed correctly. Diagnosing blood disorders requires blood tests to count the number of blood cells you have and in some cases a bone marrow biopsy for a more definitive diagnosis. Blood disorders can be malignant (cancer) or non-malignant.
Malignant Blood Disorders:
Non-malignant Blood Disorders:
- Amyloidosis
- Anemia
- Aplastic anemia
- Fanconi anemia
- Hemolytic anemia
- Iron-Deficiency anemia
- Pernicious anemia
- Sickle cell anemia
- Bleeding disorders
- Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)
- Essential thrombocytosis
- Gaucher disease
- Hemochromatosis
- Hemophilia
- Histiocytosis
- Hypereosinophilia
- Hypereosinophilic syndrome
- Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
- Leukopenia
- Mastocytosis
- Myelofibrosis
- Myeloproliferative disorders
- Polycythemia vera
- Porphyria
- Thalassemias
- Thrombocytopenia
- Thrombocytosis
- Thrombophlebitis (Deep vein Thrombosis, DVT)
- Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)
- Von Willebrand Disease