Blood Diseases
Your blood is living tissue made up of liquid and solids. The liquid part, called plasma, is made of water, salts and protein. Over half of your blood is plasma. The solid part of your blood contains red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
Blood diseases and disorders affect one or more parts of the blood and prevent your blood from doing its job. Many blood diseases and disorders are caused by genes. Other causes include other diseases, side effects of medicines, and a lack of certain nutrients in your diet. Common blood disorders include anemia and bleeding disorders such as hemophilia.
![Blood disease organ diagram](/-/media/Images/Health-Information/Diabetes/landing/hemotological.png?h=300&iar=0&w=400&hash=811554C1AA61FBF2598AB78C4278D236)
Blood Disease Topics
- Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease
- Anemia of Inflammation & Chronic Disease
- Aplastic Anemia & Myelodysplastic Syndromes
- Deep Vein Thrombosis NIH external link
- Hemochromatosis
- Hemophilia NIH external link
- Henoch-Schönlein Purpura
- Immune Thrombocytopenia NIH external link
- Iron-Deficiency Anemia NIH external link
- Pernicious Anemia NIH external link
- Porphyria
- Pulmonary Embolism NIH external link
- Sickle Cell Disease NIH external link
- Sickle Cell Trait & Other Hemoglobinopathies & Diabetes (For Providers)
- Thalassemias NIH external link
- Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura NIH external link
- Von Willebrand Disease NIH external link