HEMATOLOGY

They are non-cancerous, benign and malignant diseases that occur in the blood. While diseases such as thrombotic thrombocytoenic purpura and immune thrombocytopenic purpura are considered as benign diseases, leukemia diseases are considered as malignant diseases.

Our blood is loaded with many important tasks, from the communication in our body to the cleaning of foreign substances or organisms that enter the body. The components of our blood are red blood cells (red blood cells), white blood cells (white blood cells) and platelets called platelets. While red blood cells are responsible for the transfer of oxygen and carbon dioxide, white blood cells defend the body against foreign organisms. Platelets, on the other hand, keep us alive by providing clotting in cases such as injury. Some of the diseases that hematology deals with are:

Disturbances in the production of blood cells or hemoglobin that cause diseases such as anaemia, thrombocytopenia and leukopenia.
Accelerating the destruction of blood cells leading to diseases such as hemolytic anemia and immune thrombocytopenic purpura (iTP).
Dysfunctions in blood cells that cause diseases such as sickle cell anemia.
Coagulation disorders such as von Willebrand disease and hemophilias.
Coagulation of blood within the circulatory system, such as pulmonary thromboembolism, thrombosis and thrombophlebitis.
Cancer of bone marrow cells and lymph node cells responsible for blood production, such as leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma.