Question: Does specializing in blood mean that you have a greater understanding of the human body?

Catherine Wigley answered on 9 Nov 2016:

I wouldn’t say the whole human body no. I have a good understanding of the different blood cells that make up your blood (red cells, white cells and platelets) and the fluid they are in (plasma). I understand how the body forms clots to heal and the mechamisms that can cause excess bleeding or clotting, blood bourne diseases (such as malaeria), things that can go wrong with your blood cells (such as leucaemia which is cancer of the blood). I have an understanding of how various conditions of the blood present in the rest of the body and why… but I’m by no means any kind of expert outside of my experience!