Diseases of the blood (hematology)

Hemoglobin S-C disease: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Hemoglobin S-C disease is a hemoglobinopathy with symptoms similar to those of sickle cell anemia, but less intense.

Hemoglobin C disease: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Hemoglobin C disease is a hemoglobinopathy with symptoms similar to those of sickle cell anemia, but less intense.

Sickle cell anemia: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Sickle cell anemia (hemoglobinopathies) is a chronic hemolytic anemia that occurs predominantly in black people in America and Africa, caused by homozygous inheritance of HbS

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is an X-linked enzyme disorder, more common in blacks, and hemolysis may occur after acute illness or ingestion of oxidants (including salicylates and sulfonamides).

Embden-Meyerhoff glycolysis enzyme deficiency: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Embden-Meyerhof glycolytic enzyme deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder of red blood cells that causes hemolytic anemia.

Stomatocytosis and anemia developing in hypophosphatemia: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Stomatocytosis (the presence of cup-shaped, concave red blood cells) and anemia that develops with hypophosphatemia are red blood cell membrane abnormalities that cause hemolytic anemia.

Hereditary spherocytosis and hereditary elliptocytosis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Hereditary spherocytosis and hereditary elliptocytosis are congenital abnormalities of the red blood cell membrane. In hereditary spherocytosis and elliptocytosis, symptoms are usually mild and include varying degrees of anemia, jaundice, and splenomegaly.