Everything You Need to Know About Blood Diseases – Symptoms, Signs, Causes, Diagnosis,Risk Factors,Types and Treatments

Myelodysplastic Syndrome

In this disease, there are immature cells form in the bone marrow and do not form healthy blood cells. This disease is a group of cancer cells, so it is also known as a type of cancer. When there is something spongy missing in the bone marrow where white blood cells form, then it results in myelodysplastic syndrome.

If it is not possible to diagnose the exact reason for this disease, then some tests are taken in which the doctor examines the samples of bone marrow to look for myelodysplastic syndrome.

There are many symptoms of myelodysplastic syndrome, including shortness of breath, some sports appear beneath your skin, infections due to a low amount of white blood cells, bleeding due to a moderate amount of platelets, paleness and fatigue.

In myelodysplastic syndrome, the bone marrow makes cells, but these cells cannot mature with time like in healthy persons and die inside the bone marrow. In some cases, the cause of myelodysplastic syndrome is unknown. Most people this disease after the age of 60.

The treatment usually includes chemotherapies and bone marrow transplants.