{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "kind": "condition",
  "id": "fear-of-blood-disease",
  "name": "Worry About a Blood or Immune Disease",
  "category": "chronic",
  "sources": "ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class BS90 - condition scope only, no dose · Illness Anxiety Disorder - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf (NBK554399) - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK554399/ · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care",
  "review_status": "reviewed",
  "verified_against": "No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care",
  "verified_date": "2026-08",
  "treatments": [
    {
      "id": 739,
      "generic": "No drug therapy in primary care (Referral & Advice)",
      "line": 1,
      "is_adjunct": false,
      "form": null,
      "strength_mg": null,
      "adult_dose": "Patient is worried about having a blood or immune disorder (e.g. leukaemia, anaemia) without one being confirmed. GP's role is a focused history, exam and appropriate screening tests, then reassurance; referral is only needed if anxiety is significant or a real abnormality turns up.",
      "adult_duration": "Refer, with advice",
      "dose_source": "No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care",
      "rationale": "Patient is worried about having a blood or immune disorder (e.g. leukaemia, anaemia) without one being confirmed. GP's role is a focused history, exam and appropriate screening tests, then reassurance; referral is only needed if anxiety is significant or a real abnormality turns up.",
      "cautions": [
        "No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.",
        "RED FLAG - Objective findings on examination or blood tests (pallor, bruising, lymphadenopathy, an abnormal CBC) turn this from worry into a real diagnosis."
      ],
      "peds_mgkg_low": null,
      "peds_mgkg_high": null,
      "peds_max_mg": null,
      "peds_basis": null,
      "peds_unit": null,
      "peds_note": "Children follow the same pathway: recognise and refer. No primary-care medicine is implied.",
      "peds_min_weight_kg": null,
      "peds_max_weight_kg": null,
      "peds_age_min_months": null,
      "peds_age_max_months": null,
      "peds_age_bands": null,
      "peds_doses": null,
      "brands": [],
      "condition_id": "fear-of-blood-disease"
    }
  ]
}