Health Articles

Anemia - Symptoms, Causes, Prevention, and Treatment

Anemia is a condition where the red blood cells (RBC) are too low in the body. As these cells carry oxygen to different organs of the body, anemia results in the amount of oxygen in your blood to get ...

Sickle Cell Disease - Screening and Marital Decisions

This article attempts to elaborate the situation of premarital couples who are concerned about their hemoglobin electrophoresis to predict their baby's genotypes with respect to the sickle cell diseas...

High Hemoglobin Levels: Is It Dangerous?

High hemoglobin levels or polycythemia can be due to smoking, dehydration, or heart problems. This article describes the types and treatment options for polycythemia.

Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload: Causes, Diagnosis, Clinical Presentation and Management

Hemochromatosis is a congenital condition in which an HFE gene mutation is present. So, increased iron absorption occurs irrespective of intake. More iron gets accumulated and iron storage increases. ...

Hemophilia - Signs, Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

Hemophilia is a rare genetic blood disorder, that results from low levels or absence of clotting factor VIII or IX. Read the article to know the signs, symptoms, causes, and treatment.

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) - Types, Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment

A blood disorder with abnormally low platelets resulting in bruising excessive bleeding is idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Here, in this article, we discussed the types, symptoms, causes, risk f...

Thalassemia Trait Screening: a Real Need in the Community

Thalassemia is a form of hemolytic anemia. It is an autosomal recessive disorder. If two individuals with 'thalassemia minor trait' marry, the chance of the offspring having thalassemia major is 25 %....

Lymphoma - Types, Symptoms, Causes, Stages, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Lymphoma is a type of cancer that affects the infection-fighting lymphatic system of the body. Learn about its causes, symptoms, types, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.

Iron-Deficiency Anemia - Its Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Iron-deficiency anemia is a global burden over the communities, and it is prevalent everywhere. This article discusses the clinical features, causes, diagnosis, and treatment of iron-deficiency anemia...

Iron Overload (Hemochromatosis)

Iron overload (Hemochromatosis) is a heterogeneous group of disease resulting from inherited and acquired causes, which leads to body destruction and complication.