Immune System

The Body’s Defence Force
  • Components: White blood cells, lymph nodes, spleen.
  • Function: Protects against diseases.

Autoimmune Diseases

An autoimmune disease where the body recognizes its own self as foreign and attacks it.

Anaemia

ow haemoglobin level due to malabsorption, mal-production or loss.

Polycythaemia Vera

Excess haemoglobin in blood.

Hemochromatosis

Iron overload

Hypercoagulable Disorder

Tendency to formation of clots.

Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

An autoimmune disorder causing low levels of platelets.

Lymphoma

Cancers that originate in the lymphatic system (e.g., Hodgkin's lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma).

Leukaemia

Cancers of the blood-forming tissues, affecting the bone marrow and lymphatic system.