Bearing With Young Blood Transfusion

By Marie Stevens


When the first creature crawled out of the water on to a primordial beach that may or may exist anymore thanks to continental drift, it must have experienced a tremendous amount of sensory overload. In the billions of years that preceded it, nothing had experienced the earth. IT was the first creature to ever be dry, to feel the heat of the sun on its back, the feel the wind of what was presumably a face of some sort. There was no way for it to imagine, to comprehend, just how important it was to the world at large. There was no way it could have known that how it would affect the course of the planet. But without, it is highly unlikely that terrestrial life would have ever evolved. No cars, no cities, no young blood transfusion.

In essence, a blood transfusion is when body fluid from a person is taken out of them. This is then injected into another person. However, both people will have to have to same blood type, otherwise the body of the receiver may reject the donation.

People need blood. Ideally, it never leaves the body. Unfortunately, in some cases, people lose a lot of their life liquid, either through internal or external bleeding. As such, when they lose too much, they are going to need a donation to tide them over until their body produces more of it.

A transfusion is achieved when a person is strapped to machine. The machine has a rather large needle. This needle is stuck into one of the many veins in the arm. The machine then pumps out the blood. This blood is then given to a recipient.

To the majority of the general populace, the letters A, O, AB, and B are just that. Letters. Components that make up words. To people in the medical community however, those letters represent different classification of lifeblood.

Mixing two or more types can be dangerous. A person with type A should receive from other people who are also Type A or people who are O negative, as those individuals are universal donors. A person who is type AB is fortunate enough to be able to receive donations from all types of donors. It is essential to make sure that all types are compatible, as getting it wrong can result in the death of a patient.

There are ways to make sure that only compatible types are used. For one, potential donors are screened and tested beforehand. These donors must are subject to an interview that may or may not get too personal and they must also be in good health at the time of a donation.

A person may be disqualified from donating if they are sick. They can also be disqualified if they have donated very recently. If a person has some kind of disease, like HIV or AIDS, then they will absolutely not be allowed to give blood for fear of spreading their infection.

Bodies are a weird thing. Every part is needed in order to function. But sometimes, people need a small hand in making sure they have all the parts needed.




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