What is rare blood syndrome?

An extremely rare disease, Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia affects only about 3 people in a million each year. This blood cancer causes certain immune system cells to mutate. These mutated cells essentially take over the blood production centers in bone marrow and squeeze out normal red and white cells.

What blood disorders cause death?

Why you can die from anemia

• Aplastic anemia. Aplastic anemia is when your bone marrow becomes damaged, and your body therefore stops producing new blood cells.
• Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.
• Myelodysplastic syndromes.
• Hemolytic anemia.
• Sickle cell disease.
• Severe thalassemia.
• Malarial anemia.
• Fanconi anemia.

What are all the blood disorders?

Blood Disorders Affecting White Blood Cells Hodgkin’s lymphoma and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma are the two major groups of lymphoma. Treatment with chemotherapy and/or radiation can often extend life with lymphoma, and sometimes cure it.

Is thrombocythemia a blood disorder?

What is thrombocythemia? Thrombocythemia is a disease in which your bone marrow makes too many platelets. Platelets are blood cell fragments that help with blood clotting. Having too many platelets makes it hard for your blood to clot normally.

What blood disorder leads to leukemia?

Myelodysplastic syndrome refers to a group of related disorders in which abnormal blood-forming cells develop in the bone marrow. At first, these cells interfere with the production of normal blood cells. Later, these cells may become cancerous, turning into a form of leukemia (see also Overview of Leukemia.

What is autoimmune blood disorder?

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia is a group of disorders characterized by a malfunction of the immune system that produces autoantibodies, which attack red blood cells as if they were substances foreign to the body. Some people have no symptoms, and other people are tired, short of breath, and pale.

What kind of doctor treats blood disorders?

Hematologists are internal medicine doctors or pediatricians who have extra training in disorders related to your blood, bone marrow, and lymphatic system. They’re specialists who may work in hospitals, blood banks, or clinics. Hematologists who practice in labs are called hematopathologists.

What is idiopathic myelofibrosis?

Listen to pronunciation. (KRAH-nik IH-dee-oh-PA-thik MY-eh-loh-fy-BROH-sis) A progressive, chronic disease in which the bone marrow is replaced by fibrous tissue and blood is made in organs such as the liver and the spleen, instead of in the bone marrow.

What is JAK2 positive essential thrombocythemia?

Approximately 50 to 60 percent of people with ET also have a genetic mutation (change) called JAK2. This mutation causes overactivity in an enzyme called a kinase – specifically Janus kinase 2 (JAK2). This mutation then affects the liver. The liver typically makes a hormone called thrombopoietin.