Information About Blood Diseases

Introduction to blood diseases

 There are many different kinds of diseases that live in our blood and often times go unnoticed for long periods because we are uneducated about them. The ignorance we have toward them means that we do not identify warning signs when they appear and most times it progresses to a late stage before we know something is wrong. Reading up on information about blood diseases will help curtail this problem. Below are a few things you might need to know about blood diseases.

 

History of blood diseases

 Basic information can be found on many health websites but a refined search on a trusted search engine like Google or Yahoo will give you access to reams of information from medical reports and journals as well. You will be able to gather in depth knowledge about various blood diseases, how to identify the symptoms and also how they can be treated if treatment exists. It is however important to point out that you must not believe everything that you read on these websites, verify and confirm everything with your doctor.

 Blood diseases are those that affect the blood and its make up. All components of the blood are compromised, leaving you feeling really sick and in some cases it can lead to death. Conditions vary from those that can be easily monitored and managed to those that greatly affect the quality of life of the patient.

Features

 Anaemia is quite a common finding among most of the population. It is the condition where there is too little iron produced by the body for the blood. This means that oxygen cannot be effectively transported to all the places in the body that require it. You can have dizzy spells, fainting and nausea in extreme cases. Amaemia is treated with iron supplements and is not life threatening. Pregnant women often suffer from this condition and it can be easily treated. For anyone suffering from anaemia it is important that the condition is detected early before it gets to serious levels.

Cancer of the blood is at the other end of the spectrum as extremely life threatening and much harder to treat. Leukemia for instance can start in deep as the bone marrow or lymph nodes and will often go undetected until the very late stages when symptoms become quite aggressive. Treatment for leukemia is as with other cancers and the survival rate for most types is not very good. If you have a family history of blood cancer you may also need to go for regular tests.

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