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What are the types of blood cancers?

There are mainly 6 different groups of blood cancers 1. Acute leukemias 2. Chronic leukemias 3. Lymphomas 4. Multiple Myeloma 5. Myelodysplastic syndromes 6. Myeloproliferative neoplasms Out of these Acute leukemias, lymphomas and Multiple myelomas require immediate attention and treatment. 2,5,6 are indolent diseases and they are not immediately life threatening. Why are blood cancer patients sicker than other cancer patients? This is because the cancer per say reduces the blood cell production in the bone marrow and whole body suffers from reduced oxygen delivery to tissues and reduced immunity due to low or abnormal white blood cells. How does patients with blood cancers present? They usually come with fever, loss of appetite, loss of weight, bleeding from nose, gums, skin, urine, stools or excessive menstrual bleeds, bone and joint pains and lumps in the neck, axilla, groin and sometimes in the abdomen or chest. Occasionally they come with fluid accumulation ...
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOOD:  1.  Consume only freshly prepared cooked food 2.  Avoid raw food items like salad and fruits- if needed consume only fruits with thick skin which can be easily peeled off. 3.  Patient can take packed juices and carbonated drinks if needed. 4.  Roasted nuts and h ome made curd are  allowed.  5.  High intake of proteins is recommended- egg white, meat,  proteinux  powder,  threptin  biscuits,  soya,  paneer  are rich in protein HYGIENE:  1.  Daily bath with  chlorhexidine  scrub or any other soap 2.  Change clothes daily including inner wear 3.  Chlorhexidine  mouth was h  after each food intake 4.  Sitz  bath with warm water- mix with potassium permanganate crystals or  betadine  solution- 2 times per day 5.  Patient’s room has to be cleaned daily 6.  Minimum visitors  7.  App...
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Introducing hematology blog from Dr. Anusree Prabhakaran

Dear all, This is Dr Anusree Prabhakaran, MD General Medicine, DM Clinical Hematology, native of Kerala, now residing in Pune, working in Deenanath Mangeshker Hospital. On day of Gudi padwa, Maharashtra New year, I decided to start my own blog regarding Hematological problems and how to handle the same. My aim is to try and help patients suffering from various blood related problems- cancerous and non cancerous and to help young doctors who want to be haematologists in future. Blood disorders vary from simple problems like anemia- that is decrease in Hemoglobin content in blood, low platelet count, increase in eosinophil count, excessive bleeding, increased clotting tendency and to more serious issues like bone marrow failure syndrome and various kinds of blood cancers. I would like to approach these topics in different ways: first for patient information and second for professional- Young hematology aspirants. Hoping to start with the first topic specific write up from tomo...
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