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Mesa, Arizona is home to 12 practicing hematologists who have offices in 1 county and 5 zip codes, including zip codes 85206, 85202, 85208, 85203, and 85201.
According to 2005 Census estimates, Mesa has a population of 442,780, which gives it a specialist to resident ratio of 1 hematologist for every 36,898 residents.
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According to 2005 Census estimates, Arizona has a population of 5,939,292. Of this population, 1,535,805 are under the age of 18 and 754,345 are at or above the age of 65.
Hematology involves the diagnosis and care of diseases and disorders relating to the blood, spleen, and lymph glands. These include conditions such as anemia, clotting disorders, sickle cell disease, hemophilia, leukemia, and lymphoma, as well as special types of transfusions and bone marrow biopsies.
Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are AIDS, hemophilia, Myelomas, Evans' syndrome, Malaria, lymphoma, Leukemia, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Sickle-cell disease, Myeloma, Pernicious anemia, Thalassemia, Thrombocytopenia, Hodgkin's disease, Infectious mononucleosis, Agranulocytosis, Myelofibrosis, Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and Megaloblastic anemia.
Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including Chemotherapy, radiotherapy, blood transfusion, Bone marrow transplant, Intramuscular injections, Anticoagulation therapy, and Venesection.
To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including Coombs test, Bone marrow biopsy, D-dimer, Prothrombin time, Protein electrophoresis, Hemoglobin electrophoresis, Blood film, serum Ferritin level, Vitamin B12 and Folate levels, Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), Full blood count, and Partial thromboplastin time.
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