Physicians who are specialized in blood disease/blood disorders are known as Hematology Specialist & Blood Specialist Doctor. It includes the study of etiology. Blood tissues are made of two things; one is liquid (made of water, protein, salts and plasma) another is solid (red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets). Some of the blood diseases are caused by genes and the other may be side effects of medicines and lack of nutrients in diet.
There are many disease which can treated by Hematology Specialist & Blood Specialist Doctor are:
- Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease
- Anemia of Inflammation & Chronic Disease
- Aplastic Anemia & Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Hemochromatosis
- Hemophilia
- Immune Thrombocytopenia
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Porphyria
- Sickle Cell Trait & Other
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Thalassemias
- Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
- Von Willebrand Disease
- Pernicious Anemia
- Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Multiple Myeloma
Deep Vein Thrombosis & Pulmonary Embolism are the most common diseases now-a-days. Venous Thromboembolism are also known as Blood Clots, Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) & Pulmonary Embolism (PE). The main causes are major surgery or injury, increasing age, malignancy, chronic heart failure, prolonged immobility, malignancy and sudden chest pain and shortness of breath, which doctors call Pulmonary Embolism (PE). Hematology Specialist & Blood Specialist Doctor are using the mentioned therapies to treat blood disorders/blood disease: Allogeneic stem cell transplantation, Autologous stem cell transplantation, using blood thinners and some leukemia treatment. Protein C, Protein S, mutations of factor V leiden, Prothrombin Gene 20210A, deficiencies of antithrombin are some genetic factors of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE). To prevent VTE doing calf exercise, using blood thinners, intermittent pneumatic compression, frequent walking, maintaining body weight, compression stockings.
How does Medical Oncology support from Oncology-certified nurses & How many types of chemotherapy?
Oncology certified nurses are well trained within the needs of people undergoing Medical Oncology (cancer) treatment monitoring and assisting with providing therapies. There are three main ways to provide their attention for the patient treatment:
- Pre-treatment: Oncology Nurses to prepare the patient for their first infusion session. He/She also takes time to explain care of doctor recommendations and initially to get some time for understanding the whole treatment by treating the doctor.
- During treatment: Oncology Nurses keep an eye on during infusions on the patient. If anything starts feeling unwell, he/she will directly inform medical oncologists and they are just a few steps away.
- Post-treatment: If any side effects make a patient feel unwell, oncology nurses are quickly coordinating with the care team to get relief at the same time during treatment.
In Medical Oncology, genomic testing to check for particular types of mutations in the cancer cell. Following types of therapies that fight the mutation:
- Chemotherapy is used to destroy abnormal cells. These drugs can treat a wide range of cancers, including colorectal cancer or breast cancer.
- Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is mainly eligible for those patients who have ovarian cancer. It can directly apply to the cancer as a heated chemotherapy solution.
- Immunotherapy that helps the immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells directly. It is eligible for those patients who have lung cancer that do not respond to standard treatments or difficult to treat cancer.
- Isolated limb infusion that delivers high doses of chemotherapy directly in the arms or legs. It is eligible for those patients who have melanoma and sarcoma which is for complex cancers.
