About the blood transfusion

Blood transfusion is a common medical method. Simply put, blood transfusion is needed when the blood volume of the human body is insufficient, which may cause damage to important organs and even endanger life. It is common in the following situations: Massive hemorrhage after trauma; Major surgery; Hemorrhagic diseases, such as massive hemorrhage of the upper digestive tract, hemophilia, etc.; Some diseases that destroy blood cells, such as hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, etc.; Bone marrow dysfunction, especially when bone marrow cannot produce blood normally, such as aplastic anemia, etc. Classification by blood source Blood transfusion is divided into autologous blood transfusion and allogeneic blood transfusion. For people with Rh negative blood type, it is safer to use self-blood transfusion. Autologous blood Read More …

Nine [First] in the Development History of Blood Transfusion

First attempt at blood transfusion Before his death, Pope Innocent VIII had found three boys around the age of 10 and injected their blood into his body in an attempt to gain the youthful strength of the teenagers. But as you expected, the Pope and the boys died soon after all this ordeal. Statue of Innocent VIII Obviously, this is not the first time to talk about science. People in the 15th century did not understand the concept of blood transfusion in what. Let this corrupt and inactive pope be the last [first person] and become a footnote in the history of blood transfusion. It is the first time to clarify the blood circulation system. In 1616, William Harvey put Read More …

Answering Parents’ Questions: 20 Most Frequently Asked Questions about Problem Vaccines

Premier Li Keqiang made important instructions today: We must thoroughly investigate the flow and use of [problematic vaccines], be seriously accountable and never tolerate them. We also refuted the rumor in yesterday’s article. After the article was published, many parents also came to consult. We replied one by one. Now we have chosen the following answers to the most frequently consulted questions: Is the vaccine toxic and has any side effects? Will it cause additional physical injury? Gao Fu, deputy director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that the problem vaccine was not stored in cold storage, which may lead to vaccine failure and failure to prevent corresponding Read More …

The 9 Questions and Answers You Most Want to Know About Blood Transfusion

The following nine questions about blood transfusion are often asked by readers backstage. Here, Dr. Clove answers them one by one. 1. Need blood transfusion (blood preparation) in what? In short, blood transfusion is needed when the body is ischemic. Such as trauma, acute massive blood loss caused by vascular rupture, or anemia, blood transfusion is needed to improve hemoglobin and erythrocyte deficiency. In addition, the original blood [quality] in the body is not good, and blood transfusion is also needed to support treatment. For example, hemolysis of newborns requires exchange of blood to remove excess bilirubin, antibodies and other components. Through transfusion of platelets, plasma, etc., supplement platelets, coagulation factors and other components. If the doctor predicts that there Read More …

The blood source is tight, worried about not being able to lose blood? You can try autologous blood preparation.

[Blood shortage], this embarrassing problem, has always existed in our country. When blood is needed, it is told that the blood center does not have enough blood available, which is really too late for treatment. Among them, not to mention the already rare Rh negative blood and other blood types. In fact, there is a way to effectively alleviate this problem, that is to prepare blood by oneself. Today, Dr. Clove will talk about this way of blood preparation and transfusion in detail. What is autologous blood preparation Storing one’s own blood in advance and transfusing it back into one’s own body when it is needed. This method of blood transfusion is called storage autologous blood transfusion. If you are Read More …

How to infer the child’s blood type according to the parents’ blood type? Will the blood type change? …… 6 Frequently Asked Questions about Blood Type

There is a plot in < < the legendary swordsman > >: after Ling Huchong was injured and lost blood, the followers of the Five Immortals sect sucked blood with leeches, and then put the leeches on Ling Huchong to let him spit out blood to enrich his blood. It has long been a simple idea for people to enrich the blood with blood if they lose too much blood. The discovery of blood type comes from the desire and continuous practice of blood transfusion. In real life, the first attempt at intravenous blood transfusion was made by foreign doctors in the late 19th century. They directly connected the blood vessels of the blood donor and the blood recipient for Read More …

Truth: Is Blood Donation Harmful to Health?

Due to the interests of too many people involved, blood donation without compensation has always been a sensitive topic. Every once in a while, I can always see the conscience of [old doctors] in my circle of friends or microblog, publicizing that blood donation is harmful to my health, or some [insiders] denounce blood stations for huge profits. I don’t want to repeat the online refutation of these rumors here. Today, I just want to tell you some other [truth] about blood donation calmly. Is blood donation good for health? In theory, blood donation may be beneficial to health, because blood loss can promote blood regeneration and reduce blood viscosity. However, in reality, there is not enough convincing research literature Read More …