| Haematology is the study of all things related to | | | | blood cells are present per volume in the patients |
| blood. This includes the study of blood diseases, | | | | blood |
| medicines, blood itself and the organs that form | | | | - Platelet count to see how many platelets are in the |
| blood. Everyone has been affected by haematology | | | | patients blood |
| at one point in their lives. Whether it is getting their | | | | - MCH which stands for Mean corpuscular |
| blood checked to make sure they are healthy, having | | | | haemoglobin which tells the haematologist how many |
| blood taken to find out what their blood type is, or | | | | oxygen carrying proteins are in each red blood cell |
| being in need of treatments for a disease that | | | | - MCV Mean corpuscular volume which will be high |
| affects the blood. | | | | with vitamin B12 deficiency disorders and low with |
| Most branches of medicine rely on haematologists in | | | | iron deficiency. |
| order to perform their duties and do what they need | | | | Haematology is also a large part of medical and |
| to do. It is a vital part of internal medicine, pathology, | | | | pharmaceutical research so that it can be determined |
| pediatrics, obstetrics, oncology and physiology. In | | | | what the effect of a disease or a treatment is on |
| order to diagnose most disorders or diseases doctors | | | | one's blood. It is responsible for much of the course |
| will start with the help of this vitally important | | | | of treatment for such blood cancers as leukemia and |
| department. They will take blood from a patient by | | | | blood diseases as haemophilia but must also be a |
| using a small needle in the arm and collect samples of | | | | large part of research for diseases that affect every |
| blood into collection vials and send it away to the | | | | part of the body because treatments can have |
| haematology department. | | | | lasting and severe effects on ones blood and the |
| This department then will study the blood and | | | | organs in the body as well as bones and bone |
| perform various tests to either determine what the | | | | marrow (where blood cells are produced) |
| disease is or to eliminate a possible disease as being | | | | Blood banks, blood transfusions, liver disorders and |
| the issue. A CBC also known as a FBC (complete or | | | | problems with the spleen are all areas that rely |
| full blood count) is usually the first step in finding out | | | | heavily on the research and work that is done by this |
| what is going on with a person's physical health. It | | | | department. Cancer treatments such as |
| can help in the diagnosis of such disorders as anemia, | | | | chemotherapy, bone marrow transplants and radiation |
| infections and other more serious conditions. It is | | | | are also performed with the consultation of this |
| called a complete or full blood count because it | | | | department. This is to keep track of and try to deal |
| checks the patients blood for many things including: | | | | with any of the adverse affects that these |
| - White blood cell count: this is a count of the number | | | | treatments have on the blood of the patient and to |
| of white blood cells per volume of blood | | | | ensure that the proper steps are being taken to |
| - White blood cell differential which determines how | | | | keep them as healthy as possible while undergoing |
| many of each type of white blood cell is present in | | | | treatments. |
| the blood | | | | Haematology is a part of everyone's life at some |
| - The haemoglobin which is the amount of oxygen | | | | point and can be the difference between life and |
| carrying proteins that are present in the patients | | | | death, sick and healthy, treatment and ignorance. It is |
| blood | | | | a vital part of medicine that no other department |
| - Red blood cell count which tests how many red | | | | could do their job without. |