Blood

• Mastocytosis – It’s Not A Tumor, But Its Growth in Your Body Can Kill You (As Seen On House MD)

  Blood, Skin, Whole Body 03.10.2011 1 Comment

  

  This is part of our House MD Project series.

  Click here to read the connection to the episode (spoiler alert!)

  
  On the first episode of season 8 (named “Twenty Vicodin”, and featuring an interesting guest in the cast!), House is …[More]

  Tags: Adults, Children, Danger-Medium, Hematology, House, Internal-Medicine

• Sickle Cell Disease – When the Shape of Your Blood Cells Can Kill You (As Seen On House MD)

  Blood, Whole Body 03.07.2011 No Comments

  

  This is part of our House MD Project series.

  Click here to read the connection to the episode (spoiler alert!)

  On episode 2 of season 7 (named “Selfish”), Della Carr collapses during indoor skating for a charity event for her …[More]

  Tags: Children, Danger-Medium, Hematology, House

• Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) – When a Simple Food Poisoning Gets Complicated [News]

  Blood, Blood vessels, Intestine, Kidneys 31.05.2011 1 Comment

  

  This week, more than 1,000 people got sick and 16 died in an outbreak of HUS – a disease related to the bacteria E. coli. Initially cucumbers imported from Spain were blamed to be contaminated with the bacteria, but today …[More]

  Tags: Adults, Children, Danger-High, Hematology, Internal-Medicine

• Malaria – A Deadly Infection Passed On By Mosquitoes (As Seen on House MD)

  Blood 27.02.2011 2 Comments

  

  This is part of our House MD Project series.

  Click here to read the connection to the episode (spoiler alert!)

  
  On episode 10 of season 2, named “Failure To Communicate”, a reporter named Fltecher Stone collapses and hits his head …[More]

  Tags: Adults, Danger-High, House, Infectious Diseases

• TTP Explained Again (As Seen on House MD)

  Blood 18.08.2010 1 Comment

  

  This is part of our House MD Project series.

  On episode 19 of season 1, called “Kids”, a young diver named Mary arrives at the hospital during a meningitis scare, but her symptoms don’t fit those of meningitis. What she …[More]

  Tags: Adults, Danger-High, House, Internal-Medicine

• Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia – A Rare Blood Cancer That Can Lead To Strokes

  Blood 30.09.2009 3 Comments

  

  A few days ago Bob asked the following question in the health forums:

  Hi Guys,
  My mother, after having a mild stroke, was said to have "Hyperviscosity" of her blood.
  The doctors are still not sure, but they

  …[More]

  Tags: Adults, Danger-High, Hematology, Internal-Medicine

• Iron Deficiency Anemia – A Common Type of Anemia

  Blood 21.06.2009 8 Comments

  

  Danger level: Medium

  What is it?

  Iron deficiency anemia is a type of anemia caused by a lack of iron in the body.

  Who gets it?

  Iron deficiency anemia is common. In the United States it affects about 1-2% …[More]

  Tags: Adults, Children, Hematology, Internal-Medicine

• Anemia – All About It

  Blood 15.06.2009 5 Comments

  

  First of all – What is anemia?

  Anemia, according to Wikipedia’s definition, is “a decrease in normal number of red blood cells or less than the normal quantity of hemoglobin in the blood”.

  What does this mean, in plain …[More]

• Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) Deficiency – When Certain Conditions Can Destroy Blood Cells

  Blood 30.05.2009 15 Comments

  

  Danger level: Medium

  What is it?

  G6PD deficiency is a hereditary disease causing anemia in certain situations.

  Who gets it?

  G6pd deficiency is an inherited disease. Its mode of inheritance is X-linked. This means that the mutation is …[More]

  Tags: Adults, Children, Danger-Medium, Hematology

• In the News – Hodgkin’s Disease

  Blood 23.05.2009 No Comments

  

  A few days ago a court decision was made that ruled in favor of treating Daniel Hauser’s Hodgkin’s lymphoma, in spite of his parents’ objections. Since then, his mother took him and fled, putting the boy at risk…[More]

  Tags: Adults, Children, Danger-High, Internal-Medicine, News, Oncology