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Blood Transfusions

A blood transfusion is when blood or blood-based products are transferred from one person to another. This is often done because of major blood loss from something such as an accident or childbirth, but sometimes because of a disease such as anemia or sickle-cell disease.

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Why can't blood be donated for a year after a transfusion?

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FDA guidelines require a temporary deferral of one year from date of transfusion for potential donors who have received blood products. This is to minimize the possibility of transfusion-transmitted diseases entering the blood supply. Though unlikely, there is a risk of transfusion-acquired infections with all blood component use. The one year deferral allows any potential disease to be present long enough to be detected by FDA-mandated screening tests.

Why is it dangerous to receive blood of a different type than your own?

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yes it is really dangerous to drink blood of different blood type. It is fatal.Incompatible blood causes reactions and that reactions forms blood clotts and it blocks the airways , veins and arteries. It also causes blood destruction that may lead to bleeding, dyspnea, and changes in vital signs. A fever is a preliminary change or a shock that cause death will occur. Seizure, difficulty of breathing, allergy and other irregularities will surely observed to the patient. Drinking blood is not the same as getting blood from an IV infusion. Blood that is drunk follows the same route as all food and drink - into your stomach where it is digested.

What is a hemolytic reaction to a blood transfusion?

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Most severe type, but rare incompatible blood incompatibility in multiple transfusions. Mostlikely to occurs when transfused red cells react with circulating antibody in the recipient with resultant intravascular hemolysis. When a group O patient is mistakenly transfused with group A, B, or AB blood. Patients receiving a major ABO- incompatible marrow or stem cell transplant with sufficient red cell content will likely develop an acute hemolytic reaction. Symptoms are: fever, chills and fever, the feeling of heat along the vein in which the blood is being transfused, pain in the lumbar region, constricting pain in the chest, tachycardia, hypotension, and hemoglobinemia with subsequent hemoglobinuria and hyperbilirubinemia. Prevention: proper identification of patients, pre-transfusion blood samples and blood components at the same time of transfusion.

Red blood cells transport which 2 chemicals in the body?

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Red blood cells have haemoglobin which helps in the transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide.

Can a person with type o blood get a transfusion of type a blood?

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No because the person with type O has antibodies against the A antigens that are present of the red blood cells of people with type A blood. This means that the blood would clot in the arteries and cause blockaged possible resulting in death.

Is rh negative blood compatible with o positive?

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can two o positive blood types make an RH Negitive baby

What happens when 0 blood receives B blood in a transfusion?

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Nothing will happen. People with type AB blood can receive all types of blood (AB, A, B, O)

Can give blood if i am on blood thinner?

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People on blood thinner such as coumadin are not eligible to donate blood. The blood thinner inhibits the bloods ability to clot and may be dangerous to the recipient of the blood transfusion, especially during surgery.

Can blood transfusions cause HIV?

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Blood transfusions can't cause HIV, but if a carrier of HIV would donate blood, then whoever gets that blood can catch HIV from the donated blood.

It happened a few times when HIV had just started to spread, but nowadays there are testing procedures in place to stop that from happening.

How do you get rh -blood?

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it causes erethroblastosis foetails

How do you get septicemia?

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You get Septicemic Plague when this bacterium Yersinia Pestis enters an opening of the skin, a wound, from a piece of clothing used by an infected person. This disease can also appear when the bubonic or pneumonic plague is untreated.

Do Jehovahs give blood?

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Yes for blood tests but not for any transfusion purposes.

Watchtower 15th June 1978 page 30 says

''Would it be wrong to submit to a blood test?

Based on their knowledge of the Scriptures, most of Jehovah's Witnesses, if not all, do not object to such tests. The small quantity of blood removed from the body is not eaten or injected into someone else. It is merely examined or tested before being disposed of.''
Jehovah's witness have no objection to giving blood samples for medical analysis.

They do not however give blood to be used for medical purposes (rather than simply analysed) in accord with what they see as a divine mandate (Acts 15:28)

Is it safe to have same blood group of husband and wife?

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If Husband And Wife Have opposite Blood Group, Any Problem To Have Babies.what Is The Blood Group Of Their Childrens?

Can a A positive blood type mother give birth to Rh negative daughter?

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Can a child with RH neg blood come from parents that are A positive and A negative

How do you get rid of blood clots?

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To get rid of blood clots in your legs usually requires surgery. While waiting for surgery your doctor will send you for blood work to check your INR. He also might put you on aspirin to help thin your blood.

What liquid is the blood made up of several types of cells called?

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it is obviously Plasma.......................

Can blood transfusion and heparin drip be given at the same time?

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Yes. In fact, patients with low levels of anti-thrombin the additional antithrombin in FFP will augment the efficacy of heparin.

What does it mean if your Hemoglobin level is a 10?

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It means that you have anemia, depending upon your age and gender. Average levels for an adult woman are between 12 and 16. Average levels for an adult male are between 14 and 16. Children can have much lower level depending upon their exact age. Anemia means that you have below average levels of red blood cells, of hemoglobin, in your blood. It could be from a recent serious injury with a lot of blood loss, or it could be due to chemotherapy from cancer. It's hard to tell you what the cause could be with no information. Talk to your doctor about it if you have more questions, but from my training and personal experience, I can positively tell you that you have anemia.