Hematology is the branch of medicine concerned with the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to the blood. It involves diagnosing and further management of diseases that affect the production of blood and its components, such as blood cells, hemoglobin, blood proteins, bone marrow, platelets, blood vessels, spleen, and the mechanism of coagulation. A few of these different types of blood conditions that are looked at include anaemia, thalassemia, haemophilia, general blood clots, bleeding disorders, blood cancers etc
- Treating hematological malignancies such as lymphoma and leukemia (cancers)
- Treating bleeding disorders such as hemophilia and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
- Treating thalassemia & hemoglobinopathies
- The science of blood transfusion
- Bone marrow and stem cell transplantation
- Anemia of Chronic Disease
- Aplastic Anemia
- Erythrocytosis
- Hemochromatosis
- Hypercoagulable Disorder
- Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Leucocytosis
- Leucopenia
- Polycythemia Vera
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
- Biosafety Cabinet