Related Conditions and Treatments
Anemia
Condition
One of the most common pediatric blood disorders, anemia has many potential causes.
Aplastic Anemia
Condition
Aplastic anemia occurs when the bone marrow produces too few cells.
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Condition
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a rare disorder that occurs when a person’s own red blood cells burst.
Blood Transfusions
Treatment
A blood transfusion is the process of transferring blood or one of its components from one person to another.
Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD)
Condition
Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is an inherited immune system disorder that occurs when a type of white blood cell does not work properly.
Congenital Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia
Condition
Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) is a rare, inherited disorder characterized by a severely low number of megakaryocytes.
Learn more about Congenital Amegakaryocytic Thrombocytopenia
Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia
Condition
Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia (CDA) is a group of rare, inherited, conditions characterized by ineffective red blood cell production.
Congenital Sideroblastic Anemia
Condition
Congenital sideroblastic anemia (CSA) is a group of rare inherited disorders that decrease the number of red blood cells.
Cyclic Neutropenia
Condition
Cyclic neutropenia is a rare blood disorder that occurs when the body commonly has fewer white blood cells than normal.
Diamond-Blackfan Anemia
Condition
Diamond Blackfan anemia is a rare genetic blood disorder that occurs when the bone marrow fails to make red blood cells.
Dyskeratosis Congenita
Condition
Dyskeratosis congenita is a rare condition that can often cause bone marrow failure.
Evans Syndrome
Condition
Evans Syndrome is a common blood disorder that occurs when the body has fewer red blood cells than normal.
Fanconi Anemia
Condition
Fanconi anemia is a severe lifelong condition that requires ongoing medical treatment. Boston Children's Hospital can help.
Hemolytic Anemia
Condition
Hemolytic anemia is a sub-type of anemia, a common blood disorder that occurs when the body has fewer red blood cells than normal.
Hemolytic Disease
Condition
Hemolytic disease of the newborn occurs when the blood types of a mother and baby are incompatible.
Hemophilia
Condition
Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder that slows the body’s ability for form blood clots.
Hydrops Fetalis
Condition
Hydrops fetalis — or hydrops — is when large amounts of fluid build up in a baby’s tissues and organs, causing extensive swelling.
Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP)
Condition
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an autoimmune disorder where your child's body attacks its own platelets and destroys them too quickly.
Iron Chelation Therapy
Treatment
Iron chelation drugs are used to treat an excess of iron in the body.
Iron Deficiency Anemia
Condition
Iron deficiency anemia is a common blood disorder that occurs when red blood cell counts are low due to a lack of iron.
Iron-Refractory Iron Deficiency Anemia
Condition
Iron-refractory iron deficiency anemia (IRIDA) is a rare, inherited form of iron deficiency anemia.
Megaloblastic Pernicious Anemia
Condition
Megaloblastic anemia is a form of anemia characterized by very large red blood cells and a decrease in the number of those cells.
Myelodysplastic Syndrome in Children
Condition
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a rare disease of the blood, only occurring in four out of every 1 million children.
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPN)
Condition
Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are a rare, closely related group of blood disorders in which the bone marrow overproduces red blood cells, white blood cells, or platelets.
Pearson Syndrome
Condition
Pearson syndrome is a very rare condition that affects various parts of the body, and it is caused by a mutation — or changing of structure — in the mitochondrial DNA.
Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation
Treatment
A stem cell transplant (also called bone marrow transplant) is the infusion of healthy stem cells into the body to stimulate new bone marrow growth.
Platelet Function Disorders
Condition
A platelet function disorder is when blood may not be able to clot normally, which results in an increased risk of bleeding.
Polycythemia
Condition
Polycythemia is a blood disorder occurring when there are too many red blood cells in the body.
Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency (PK)
Condition
Pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency is a rare, genetic, lifelong condition that affects red blood cells.
Red Blood Cell Disorders
Condition
Red blood cell (RBC) disorders are conditions that affect red blood cells, the cells of blood that carry oxygen from the lungs to all parts of the body.
Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome
Condition
Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a rare, inherited bone marrow failure, characterized by a low number of white blood cells, poor growth due to difficulty absorbing food, and, in some cases, skeletal abnormalities.
Sickle Cell Disease
Condition
Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder where cells cluster together, making it difficult for them to move through small blood vessels, thus denying oxygen to the blood.
Thalassemia
Condition
Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that causes the body to produce less hemoglobin than normal.
Thrombocytopenia
Condition
Thrombocytopenia is a condition in which there are too few platelets, the blood cells that prevent bleeding.
Thrombosis (Blood Clots)
Condition
Thrombosis is a blood clot that develops within veins or arteries in the body.
Von Willebrand Disease
Condition
Von Willebrand Disease (VWD) is an inherited bleeding disorder caused by an abnormal blood-clotting protein.
White Blood Cell Disorders
Condition
White blood cell disorders can cause bone marrow to produce too many or too few white blood cells, or to produce white blood cells that do not function as they should.