Blood Disorders: Overview

Blood, the life sustaining material composed of liquid and cells, delivers nourishing oxygen throughout the body. Plasma is the liquid component of blood where red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets reside. Various blood disorders can adversely affect nearly every part of the body.

View sub-topics at right to learn more about some specific blood disorders and some of their common causes.

See Also¶

1. Anemia
2. Aneurysm
3. Blood Clots
4. Blood Pressure: Overview
5. Deep Vein Thrombosis
6. Eosinophilia
7. Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome
8. Excessive Bleeding: Overview
9. Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome (HUS)
10. Hyponatremic Encephalopathy
11. Sickle Cell Anemia
12. Spleen Disorders
13. Thalassemia
14. Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)
15. 1,1,2-Trichloroethane
16. 1,2,3-Trichloropropane
17. 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene
18. 2-Butoxyethanol
19. Acetone
20. Acrylonitrile
21. Aniline
22. Avonex / Interferon beta-1a
23. Camptosar / Irinotecan Hydrochloride
24. Cesium
25. Dibromochloropropane Exposure: Overview
26. Food Products & Restaurants
27. Group B Strep - Diagnosis Errors
28. Hexachlorobenzene
29. Hexachlorocyclohexanes
30. Jet fuels JP-4 and JP-7
31. Kerosene (Fuel Oils)
32. Lewisite (Blister Agent)
33. Migrant Workers: Overview
34. Naphthalene
35. Nickel
36. Nitrobenzene
37. Nitrophenols
38. Nutropin / Somatropin
39. Otto Fuel II
40. Plutonium
41. Procrit / Eprex
42. Remeron / Mirtazapine
43. Remicade / Infliximab
44. Stauffer Chemical: Overview
45. Strontium
46. Tequin / Gatifloxacin
47. Tetryl
48. Thorium
49. Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH)