D46: Myelodysplastic syndromes
D46.9: Myelodysplastic syndrome, unspecified
The bone marrow is inside bone. The blood cells are formed in the bone marrow of some of the bones. There are 3 different types of blood cell: red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Red blood cells are important for carrying oxygen in the blood. White blood cells are part of the body’s immune system. They fight pathogens. Platelets are important for clotting blood.
Your bone marrow no longer produces the blood cells properly. The formed cells look changed or the percentage of different cells in the blood is changed. This can lead to the blood cells no longer working properly. You may then be ill more often or feel weak. It is also often possible to have no symptoms at all to start with. The disease is then only identified during another examination.
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