Information on understanding blood tests, interpreting results, and exploring the implications for overall health and specific hematological conditions.
Bleeders and Clotters Hematology is the specialty of blood disorders including bleeding and clotting. As a Baptist Hospital hematologist for 15 years, I have learned to determine which hospital patients are bleeders and which are clotters. Bleeding tendency is common among people, and it is not always considered a problem. For example, young women with…
Many people have abnormal blood counts and do not realize it. When your doctor recommends “routine” blood testing, it’s a way to screen for blood disorders. Some of these conditions do not cause symptoms, so they would go unrecognized without the blood tests. Some disorders, like immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), are considered benign, while others, like…
