Blood Disorders

Blood disorders can lead to poor blood clotting and continuous bleeding. The disorders can result from defects in the blood vessels or from abnormalities in the blood itself, such as in blood clotting factors or in platelets.

Follow the links below to find information on a range of blood disorders. For specific information about anaemia (and thalassaemia), platelet disorders, bleeding disorders and sickle cell disease, follow the links to the specific HealthInsite topic pages below.

Reviewed March 2009

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Anaemia
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Blood Platelet Disorders
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Bleeding Disorders
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Sickle Cell Disease
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Title:   Virtual Blood Centre
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Virtual Blood Centre, the online resource providing you with the latest and most comprehensive information on the field of Haematology.
Date:   Nov 2009
Title:   Blood typing - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Classifying blood types is particularly important when it comes to blood transfusions.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Hughes syndrome
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Hughes syndrome is thickening of the blood, caused by an abnormal immune system response that produces antiphospholipid antibodies. Hughes syndrome is also called ‘sticky blood syndrome' or antiphospholipid syndrome. There is no cure but medical treatment can ease symptoms and reduce the risk of complications. People with some autoimmune diseases like systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at increased risk of Hughes syndrome.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Full blood count (FBC) - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   A full blood count is a common blood test that measures the number and status of different types of blood cells, including red cells, white cells and platelets.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Rhesus-negative blood and pregnancy - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   If you have rhesus negative blood, your fetus may be at risk for health problems. This is true only if the fetus has Rh positive blood. A simple test followed by treatment can help prevent problems.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Rhesus factor and pregnancy - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Women with rhesus negative blood face possible problems during pregnancy.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Blood and bleeding - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Blood makes up about 8 per cent of a person's body weight. Learn more about this unique body tissue.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Blood transfusions - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out about blood transfusions and their safeguards.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a rare autoimmune disorder. The person's blood doesn't clot properly because the blood clotting platelets are destroyed by antibodies.. The cause of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is unknown, but it is thought that some kinds of viral infections prompt the immune system to malfunction. Symptoms include bruising easily, a rash of small red dots, bleeding from the gums or any area of the body, frequent nosebleeds and abnormal menstruation.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Blood groups - Rhesus factor
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The Rhesus factor is a protein that is either present or absent on the surface of a person's red blood cells. 'Rhesus disease' can occur if there is Rhesus incompatibility between a mother and her unborn child. Another name for this condition is hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN). Rhesus disease is now uncommon in developed countries, due to routine 'anti-D' vaccination of the mother after the birth of her first child.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Polycythaemia vera
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Polycythaemia vera is a type of blood disorder characterised by the production of too many red blood cells. There is no cure but treatment can control symptoms. Treatment options include drugs to thin the blood, drugs to suppress the bone marrow function, and the regular removal of blood units. Other names for this condition include primary polycythaemia and Vaquez' disease.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Polycythaemia - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Polycythaemia happens when there are too many red blood cells in the circulating blood.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Blood donation and research
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Donating blood for research helps to further medical knowledge on a wide range of blood-related medical conditions and diseases. These include blood clots, heart attack, stroke and certain types of cancer.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Thrombophilia testing for prevention of recurrent venous thromboembolism
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Thrombophilia is the term used to describe an hereditary or acquired predisposition to thromboembolism (the formation of a venous clot), which manifests itself as either deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE). The presence of thrombophili...
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Granulocyte transfusions for preventing infections in patients with neutropenia or neutrophil dysfunction
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Functioning white blood cells, in particular granulocytes are important for fighting life-threatening bacterial and fungal infections. For many years, some hospital physicians have been ordering granulocytes for patients who lack white cells as a result...
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Blood transfusion
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A blood transfusion is the transfer of blood from one person to another. The donated blood must match the recipient's blood type, or complications will occur. However in an emergency if the required blood type is not known, a patient may be given group O negative blood.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Bone marrow
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Bone marrow, a soft substance inside bone cavities, makes blood cells. Diseases of the bone marrow such as leukaemia, aplastic anaemia and reticulum cell sarcoma of bone tend to upset the making of blood cells. In some cases, a bone marrow transplant is the best treatment.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Severe hyponatraemia due to mirtazapine
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Hyponatraemia may be an under-reported adverse effect of mirtazapine which can result in hospitalisation.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Amyloidosis
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Amyloidosis describes diseases caused by abnormal deposits in the body of the protein amyloid. Amyloidosis is a type of bone marrow disease.The symptoms of amyloidosis vary widely, depending on which tissues and organs are affected.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Immunoglobulin prophylaxis in hematological malignancies and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Patients with hematological malignancies are prone to infections due to defects in their immune system. One of the main defects is a reduction in the level of immunoglobulins. For many years, the notion was that administration of pooled immunoglobulins ...
Date:   Jul 2008
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