About Hematologist
Hematologist is a doctor specialized in diagnosing, treating and preventing disorders related to blood and lymphatic system including lymph nodes and blood vessels.
Your phycisian will recommend you to visit a hematologist for a checkup if he witnesses any disorder, abnormality or any risk for conditions involving your red blood cells (RBC), white blood cells (WBC), blood platelets, blood vessels, bone marrow, lymph nodes or spleen. Some of the major ones being:
- Anemia or low red blood cells
- Blood clotting disorder
- Cancers that affect bone marrow, lymph nodes, or white blood cells (Leukemia, lymphoma or multiple myeloma)
- Infections in the blood cells
- Faulty red blood cells disease (Sickle cell disease)
Procedures Performed
Hematologist performs various tests for monitoring, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of blood disorders, some of the major ones being:
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Prothrombin time (PT)
- Partial thromboplastin time (PTT)
- International normalized ratio (INR)
- Bone marrow biopsy
- Ablation therapy
- Blood transfusions
- Bone marrow transplants and stem cell donations
- Cancer treatments, including chemotherapy and biological therapies
- Growth factor treatments
- Immunotherapy
