Dr. Mario Rodríguez Paíno

Thrombosis

A venous thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot inside a vein, which may be due to a problem with hypercoagulation, injuries to the vessel wall or a problem of ecstasy (stagnation) of blood. Two types of thrombosis and thrombophlebitis the flebotrombosis. The first is the formation of a clot within the vein without inflammation but great peelability, since it is poorly bonded to the vessel wall. Usually affects the deep venous system and can even cause a pulmonary embolism. For thrombophlebitis, usually attached to the vein wall and is clinically manifested as a palpable cord, hard, pain, heat and redness in the area of the affected vessel. The treatment in this case is usually based on anti-inflammatories or antibiotics. In patients in whom deep venous thrombosis affecting the system pierma (DVT), an emergency hospitalization is required because if it appears may cause a heart attack, a stroke or pulmonary embolism. ...

Transfusion

Transfusion of blood components has become a routine hospital care. However, the indication of it may be tempered by hematologists who are the real experts in transfusion medicine. They are the ones who know the benefits and risks of blood components. They are also responsible for the organization of different modalities such as autotransfusion, apheresis, transfusion home. ...

Marrow transplant, or bone marrow transplantation, is to replace the damaged bone marrow by cancer cells. These damaged cells are replaced by healthy stem cells. ...

Diseases of the blood

Hematological diseases affecting the blood and the components that form, such as plasma, red blood cells white blood cells or platelets. Thus, blood diseases relate to the clotting ability and bleeding, lack of oxygen in blood or the unevenness of composition. The main pathologies are anemia, leukemia, lymphomas, bleeding, hemophilia, porphyria and myelomas. ...

Disorder of iron metabolism

The iron metabolism trasorno respond to a deficit and a decrease in the availability of iron. We distinguish three distinct types of disorders. One is hepcidin excess hormone involved in the regulation of iron metabolism. The second, iron deficiency anemia, which is in turn the most common cause of anemia. Finally found hemochromatosis, characterized by a number of chronic iron overload disorders. ...

Hemoglobinuria

Hemoglobinuria is a blood disorder characterized by the presence of hemoglobin in urine. This occurs as a result of intravascular hemolysis.

Hemophilia

Hemophilia is a disease of the blood and is a bleeding problem. The person who has their blood does not clot properly and bleeds for a long time. There are two types of hemophilia: Hemophilia A person does not have enough factor VIII Hemophilia B: the person does not have enough factor IX ...

Multiple Myeloma

Multiple myeloma is a cancer that is formed due to the presence of malignant plasma cells. These cells are found in bone marrow.

Myelodysplastic syndrome

Myelodysplastic syndrome is a group of cancers that affect the blood cells in the bone marrow. Causing immature blood cells found in the bone marrow does not mature or do not become healthy blood cells. risk groups are people who have received prior chemotherapy or radiation therapy to cancer, exposure to heavy metals and exposure to chemicals. ...

Myeloproliferative disorders

Myeloproliferative disorders (MPDs) are a blood disorders affecting blood cell production in bone marrow. This group of diseases overproduced some types of cells like red blood cells, platelets and leukocytes. They have no known cause and its symptoms and treatment vary depending on the patient and their health. ...

polycythemia vera

Polycythemia vera is a disease of the bone marrow. It is characterized by an abnormal increase in blood cells, particularly red blood cells. The cause is unknown, but the disease occurs more often in men than in women under 40 years. The presenting symptoms include dizziness, difficulty breathing when lying down, headache and excessive bleeding, among others ...

Polyglobulin

Polycythemia is an excess of red blood cells "thick blood" is commonly called. Often it is a mechanism to compensate for the decreased oxygen in the blood as in important smokers, patients with respiratory or cardiac problems and people living at high altitudes. Sometimes there is a blood disease called polycythemia vera which produces an excess of red blood cells without compensatory mechanism that may be associated with thrombosis. Hematologist is the specialist in charge of diagnosing and treating patients with polycythemia. ...

Purpura

Purple is a hematologic disease in which the immune system destroys the platelets. It is an inherited disorder that affects more men than women and is more common in children, affecting you to them equally. Some of the symptoms of purple are abnormally heavy periods, bleeding in the skin (often around the chin), proneness to bruising and bleeding nasal or buccal. ...

Spinal cord aplasia

Aplastic anemia is a quantitative marrow failure. Hematopoietic tissue in the bone marrow disappears, being replaced by fat. This results in a peripheral pancytopenia: anemia, leukopenia and thrombocytopenia. ...

Thalassemia

Thalassemia is a hereditary disease that affects the blood. It is a type of anemia which produces decreased synthesis of one or more of the polypeptide chains of hemoglobin. There are two types of thalassemia: alpha thalassemia and beta thalassemia. ...

Thrombophilia

A thrombosis is the interruption of blood flow by a blood clot. Thrombophilia is a greater than normal tendency to form clots. This tendency can be inherited or may occur in a given (acquired) time. There are many genetic alterations with an increased risk of thrombus. There are also many situations where this trend is multiplied. Hematologist can help diagnose thrombophilia and assess the scope of the same in a given patient. ...