A tertiary hospital hematology specialist: “Doctor, I have high blood lipids, should I see your department?”
“Doctor, I have cerebral thrombosis, and the doctor asked me to check my blood, so I registered for the hematology department.”
“Doctor, I want to see if there is a virus in my body, I want to take blood test.” Hearing such “complaints”, the hematologist was in tears. The hematology department is to see if you have a blood cell problem, not a disease that requires a blood draw or has ‘blood’ in the name of the disease.
“What? I’ve been waiting in line all morning!”
“Huh? I bought the number from the number dealer, and it cost me $1,000!”
In fact, it is not uncommon to see such patients in our daily work. So, what kind of patients should register with the hematology department, especially in large hospitals?
In fact, if you are not feeling well, you can go to a community or first or second level hospital first, and the doctor will prescribe tests based on your symptoms, and if it is confirmed to be a major blood disorder, you will definitely be advised to go to a major hospital.
Do all blood disorders need to be seen in a major hospital? The answer is no. For example: iron deficiency anemia, in women of childbearing age, the incidence can reach 20-30% of the population, but most of this disease can be solved in the community, and only a few difficult ones need to go to a major hospital to find a specialist. Another example is that some diseases that have been diagnosed in large hospitals but require long-term treatment can also be brought to a nearby hospital that has the means to continue the diagnosis and treatment.
In general, common diseases in hematology include various leukemias, lymphomas, multiple myeloma, various anemias, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis or hypocytosis, thrombocytosis or hypocytosis, abnormal number or function of various blood cells, abnormal cells found in the blood, unexplained bleeding, unexplained fever, and some rare and rare diseases. For those that you can figure out on your own, you can of course register with the hematology department. If you are not sure, you can also visit your local hospital for a preliminary differentiation, or go to a large hospital and ask the receiving doctor to make a diagnosis.