Patient Information – fact sheets and resources covering a range of blood related medical conditions, their diagnosis, treatment and management.
Ferritin is a protein that carries iron around in the blood and can be used to measure the amount of iron in the body. If the ferritin level is high, the amount of iron in the blood may also be high. If the ferritin is low, this often means the body is low in iron.
read moreIdiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP) is a condition that causes low platelets. Platelets are small cells that circulate in the blood that are responsible for preventing bleeding and bruising. Patients with low platelets are at risk of bruising and rarely, serious bleeding.
read moreNeutropenia is the medical term for a decrease in the number of white blood cells called neutrophils.
read moreHereditary Spherocytosis or HS is a red blood cell disorder where the cells take on a shape of a ball (or sphere) instead of the normal shape of a red cell (which looks like a ‘doughnut)’. Because the red cells are in the shape of a ball they are more fragile than normal red cells. The fragile red cells can break down which is also known as red cell haemolysis and cause anaemia.
read moreAntiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) is a blood disorder caused by abnormal proteins (antibodies) in the blood that lead to an increase risk of blood clotting and problems with pregnancy.
read moreAnticoagulation (Blood thinning) in Pregnancy:
read moreIdiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP) is a condition that causes low platelets. Platelets are small cells that circulate in the blood that are responsible for preventing bleeding and bruising. Patients with low platelets are at risk of bruising and rarely, serious bleeding.
read moreHereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) – a genetic disorder characterised by abnormal connections between arteries and veins (AVMs)
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