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Joe_H:
Hi every one ,

how are you doing ? I hope u doing great

I have an important question , Im in 22 years old now and I have thal major and u know I have to do blood transfusion every two weeks my HB is between 9 and 10 ,

my question is if I make my HB 14 by add more blood in on week did I will save more days to add blood again ?

I need to do that coz  I wanna go on a trip will last for 40 days and may be I cant add blood in this 40 day , so what u think ?

Info

wight 60 KG

age 22

thal major

regards

Joe

Alia:
HI Joe

I think it will work to take a bigger unit of blood but then again it depends on your body.
Alia

adeel:
Hi joe
I don't know much about that I hope andy will give u a better answer actually I am a little curious about one thing that how would u maintain your weight because in my knowledge thal people have a problem of weight gaining
Best regards
Adeel

Joe_H:
Alia , thanx I think that will work too .

Adel , thank u for ur replay I'm waiting Andy too

about my wight it's not a big deal just eat well and every thing will be fine and take some vits and every thing will be fine so don't worry about the wight just eat well my friend

regards   

maha:
Hi joe
How much ml of blood do you receive each time ? The usual volume transfused is 15ml/kg and in case of a low hb it could be increased to 20ml/kg . That means you should receive between 900cc-1200cc. If you are getting less than this amount then you can go ahead and add more blood and this would probably give you two more weeks extra.But if you are getting the required amount then no more can be added as it can put unnecessary pressure on the heart. Actually if more blood could postpone the transfusion then everyone would be doing this. Transfused blood has an average life cycle of 30 days, so if you transfuse more blood you will have a higher hb for a few days but the drop in hb would be faster.

maha

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