What is chronic blood disease?

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What is chronic blood disease?

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Chronic blood disease refers to anemia of inflammation or anemia of chronic disease which is a type of anemia that affects someone that has conditions which cause inflammation like autoimmune diseases, infections, cancer or chronic kidney disease.

Some types of blood disease can be cured and treated through blood transfusions, infusion therapy, surgery and medications.

If you have a non cancerous blood disease or blood disorder than you may qualify for a bone marrow transplant.

The way you get a blood disease is through genes in most cases although you can also get blood diseases and blood disorders through other diseases, lack of nutrients in your diet and even a result of side effects of certain medications.

Common blood diseases and blood disorders are hemophilia and anemia.

A blood disease or blood disorder can occur if your red or white blood cells, smaller blood cells called platelets, or blood clotting proteins don't function as well as they should.

Blood disease is treated through medications, surgeries, infusion therapy and blood transfusion.

The actual treatment for the blood disease depends on the type of blood disease you have and the severeness of the blood disease.

Sometimes medications can treat the blood disease and sometimes you may need surgery or a blood transfusion or infusion therapy.

If you have a non cancerous blood disorder then you may need a bone marrow transplant which replaces the blood cells that are diseased with blood cells that are healthy known as stem cells.

To test for blood disease your doctor will do a CBC or complete blood count which is where they draw your blood and check the blood to measure different parts of the blood like red and white blood cells and platelets.

If the number of the platelets in the blood is low then you may have a platelet disorder and not a clotting factor disorder.

Blood diseases also known as hematologic diseases are disorders which primarily affect the blood and blood-forming organs.

Blood disease is also known as hematologic disease which include rare genetic disorders, anemia, HIV, sickle cell disease and complications from chemotherapy or transfusions.

The 5 main blood tests are complete blood count "CBC", Basic metabolic panel "BMP", Blood enzyme tests, Blood tests for heart disease, and Blood Clotting Tests.

The most important blood test to take is the CBC or complete blood count test which identifies issues with inflammation or infection, anemia, clotting abnormalities, blood cancer, nutritional deficiencies, immune system disorders and more.

The type of infections that a CBC or complete blood count can detect are chronic or viral bacterial infections, multiple myeloma and lymphocytic leukemia.

An increased number of monocytes can be caused by chronic inflammatory diseases, parasitic infection, viral infection, leukemia or tuberculosis.

In a CBC or complete blood count test having high monocyte counts indicate you have some type of infection.

And it is unlikely that there will be no monocytes and a differential with zero monocytes does not indicate any specific ailment.

Eos is an abbreviation for eosinophil.

This white blood cell is primarily involved in fighting allergies or parasites.

A CBC or complete blood count can show signs of.

Anemia (low levels of red blood cells or hemoglobin).
Erythrocytosis (high concentrations of red blood cells).
Leukocytosis (high white blood count).
Leukopenia (low white blood count).
Thrombocytosis (high platelet count).
Thrombocytopenia (low platelet count).

Abnormal levels of red blood cells, hemoglobin, or hematocrit may also be a sign of anemia, heart disease, or too little iron in your body.

Having a low white cell count may be a sign of an autoimmune disorder, bone marrow disorder, or cancer.

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