Best Doctor for Hereditary Blood Disorder Treatment in Mumbai
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 disorders affect one or more parts of the blood and prevent your blood from doing its job. They can be acute or chronic. Many blood disorders are inherited. Other causes include other diseases, side effects of medicines, and a lack of certain nutrients in your diet.
Types of blood disorders include
- Platelet disorders, excessive clotting, and bleeding problems, which affect how your blood clots
- Anemia, which happens when your blood does not carry enough oxygen to the rest of your body
- Cancers of the blood, such as leukemia and myeloma
- Eosinophilic disorders, which are problems with one type of white blood cell.
Treatment options
The doctors treat a wide range of blood disorders using the latest therapies with an eye to providing care to you as a whole person. We’ll clearly explain all your options, which treatment course we believe is best for you and why.
Depending on your particular diagnosis, treatment might include:
- Growth factors to stimulate blood cell production
- Steroids or other drugs to suppress your immune system
- Chemotherapy to destroy abnormal cells
- Transfusions to support you with healthy blood cells
- Immunotherapy to harness the power of your own immune system to fight disease
- Gene therapy to replace or deactivate a disease-causing gene or to introduce a disease-fighting gene
Bleeding disorders like hemophilia may call for blood-component therapies, such as platelet transfusions or clotting factors. Diseases that involve clotting might require drugs that reduce the risk of clots forming.