With the increasing cases of blood cancers, the surgeon discusses the adversity and causes of blood problems in order to create awareness about the same. Following is what the leading oncologist has to say about blood disorders.
Blood disorders are conditions that impact the blood's ability to function correctly. There is a range of different types and symptoms depend on the type. However, some common symptoms include unexplained fatigue and weight loss.
Blood constitutes all the important functionaries of the body which include the white and red blood cells, various nutrients, proteins and the platelets, all of which are adversely affected with any blood disorder. According to Dr. Vineet Gupta, mutations that occur in the genes as they pass down to families are responsible for such disorders.
What is a blood disorder?
If more than one of the constituents mentioned above are affected by any condition, one is said to be suffering from blood disorder. There are numerous disorders of the blood and most of them are named after the constituent of the blood that is affected. Following are the disorders that affect the count of the components of blood or affect their functionality
- Leukopenia- Affects the white blood cells
- Anemia- the disorder of the red blood cells
- Thrombocytopenia – Creates issues of the platelets
Disorders that increase the count of blood components
- erythrocytosis – red blood cells
- leukocytosis – white blood cells
- thrombocythemia or thrombocytosis – platelets
Types of white blood cell disorders
Also known as leukocytes, the white blood cells form crucial components of the immune system and form a resistant shield to all the infections and foreign invaders that can affect the good functionality of the body. They are formed in the bone marrow and get developed into different types of cells that serve the purpose of forming a strong immune system. Neutrophils, macrophages or monocytes, basophils or eosinophils, lymphocytes are one of the major types of white blood cells.
Few of the white cell disorders affect many types of cells while some of them affect only one or two types of cells. Neutrophils and Lymphocytes are the types of white blood cells that are not get affected the most by any type of disorder.
White Blood Cell disorders are generally under two categories namely cancer or proliferative disorder where the latter is a disease in which the number of white blood cells increase rapidly. Leukopenia on the other hand is the reduction of circulating white blood cells due to genetic mutations, side effects of certain medications, infections, certain illness or exposure to toxins. Dr. Vineet Gupta, Best Medical Oncologist in India say's blood Cancer is a broad category in medical science and has three different types which are Lymphoma, Myeloma and leukemia.
Lymphoma
Lymphocytes are the infection resisting cells of the immune system and Lymphoma is the cancer that develops in Lymphocytes. Hodgkin’s and non Hodgkin are the two major types of lymphoma cancer of which Non Hodgkin cancer is known to be the more common one is cancer that begins in infection-fighting cells of the immune system, called lymphocytes.
Leukemia
Leukemia is a cancer in which abnormal white blood cells develop in the bone marrow and adversely affect the its functionality of producing red blood cells and platelets.
Myelomas
Plasma cells are types of white blood cells that secrete great quantities of protein which are known as antibodies. Myeloma is a type of blood cancer that develops plasma cells in the bone marrow. These plasma cells then affect the functionality of other blood cells.
Treatment and diagnosis
The symptoms of cancer are not experienced in the early stages. The diagnosis of this disease is done when one experiences symptoms related to this disease. Blood tests, bone marrow aspirations, urine tests, spinal tap, biopsy and imaging tests are some of the common type of diagnosis tests that are done for patients suffering from leukemia, lymphomas and myelomas.
Patients whose cancer has been diagnosed but he or she hasn’t suffered from any symptoms, the doctors do not suggest any treatment but monitor it closely. However, for patients who have experienced the same, chemotherapy, stem cell therapy, targeted drug therapy, surgery and radiation therapy are the common type of treatments.
Dr. Vineet Gupta Top Medical Oncologist in Max Hospital Bangalore
Dr. Vineet Gupta, Best Medical Oncologist in India, is a renowned surgeon at Max Hospital, Bangalore with an exemplary experience of 12 years in the field of oncology. He has gained training in the most reputed medical institute of the world and has made India proud by being the first Asian to be awarded with Jean H. Lubrano Distinguished Scholar Award for 2009. Dr. Vineet Gupta, Best Medical Oncologist in Bangalore specialises in treating patients who suffer from Leukaemia, Lymphoma, any haematological diseases and breast cancer at Max Hospital, Bangalore. Given to his long term services and great achievements in the field of oncology and significant contribution in researches over the years, Dr. Vineet Gupta is known to be the Top Medical Oncologist in Max Hospital Bangalore.
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