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Emby:
Hi,

I would really appreciate if any can help me to understand.

Is it good and healthy for the heart and body to have less blood per transfusion?


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Nomad:
Envy , in general one could say yes since it is a matter of volume and the more blood you get at one time the more the heart has to deal with... For a young and healthy heart with lower ferritin this may be no problem but I can say about me, I used to get 3 blood bags every 3 weeks and at some point I switched to 2 bb every 2 weeks because I felt it to much at once. I also learned to cope with my Hb which is about 8,5-9 pre transfusion and about 11 after. But I'm 44 so kind of old and I don't need a very high level like children who are still growing up. I hope this helps you a little. Take care, K.

Emby:
Thank you very much for replying. i am still confused...and no time to adjust capital letters so please excuse the grammar.

isn't that like saying a car needs to reach it's destination and need a certain amount of fuel...give it less fuel and the car doesn't reach it's destination?

what about the heart having to work overtime reaching oxygen where needed with healthy blood? if you do not have the right amount of blood you need then won't that affect physical health; lack of energy...

wouldn't that affect blood pressure?

and affect bone health?

please help.

Emby:
44 is no way old...at all!




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Andy Battaglia:
Emby, adding blood stresses the heart. The more you add at once, the more it stresses the heart. In an ideal world, patients would transfuse once weekly, so they could take less blood and also always have fresh blood. This is not practical in most cases, though.

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