When something is wrong with your blood, it can affect your total health. Blood disorders can affect RBC, WBC, platelets, and plasma. It can cause various diseases such as anemia, leukemia, hemophilia, sickle cell anemia, etc. Blood disorder symptoms depend on the part of the blood affected. Some common symptoms include fatigue, fever, infections, and abnormal bleeding. If you are diagnosed with a blood disorder, your doctor may refer you to a hematologist.
A hematologist is a medical doctor who applies this specialized knowledge to treat patients with blood conditions. The complete blood count test (CBC) is commonly used to identify blood disorders. It is the evaluation of all the cellular components such as RBC, WBC, and platelets in the blood.
Apart from this, there are several other tests, including urine tests, bone marrow aspiration & biopsy, imaging tests such as X-ray, CT, or PET scans, MRI, and ultrasound.