Blood transfusion News

Unlike anemia, in the case of thalassemia, iron supplements may not be effective or appropriate Thalassemia is preventable Thalassemia major can be treated by regular transfusions of leukocyte-filtered blood to reach adulthood in good health

Women who receive blood transfusions from another woman who was pregnant in the past may not be at risk, the researchers observed.

The minister said the state government would bear all expenses for further treatment of the girl.

Transfusion of red blood cells is the most common procedure performed in hospitalised patients, with about five million patients receiving red blood cell transfusions annually in the US.

45-year-old Sukanti Nayak of Hadabandhasahi locality in old town area was admitted to the medicine ward of the district headquarters hospital here yesterday afternoon and doctors advised her one unit of blood, hospital.

Using the freshest blood for transfusion may not necessarily improve patients survival rates, Canadian researchers have found.

The information was made available by NACO when it replied to a right-to-information (RTI) request filed by activist Chetan Kothari earlier this year.

According to doctors, if the IPF, a modern parameter that measures young and thereby reticulated platelets in peripheral blood, is high then there is no requirement of blood transfusion in a dengue patient even if there were initial indications of its requirement.

But, are we aware of some basic rules and tips such as - can anyone donate blood, can you pick up an infection? 

World Blood Donor Day is celebrated on June 14 every year by the people in many countries. The theme of this year's World Blood Donor Day is 'Blood connects us all'.

Giving your blood could mean saves a life, or even several if your blood is separated into its components.

Around 2234 people in the country have been infected with the deadly disease human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) while tranfusing the blood in the past 17 months.