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Regular blood donations can reduce “forever chemicals” in the bloodstream: study
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#192How about donating platelets? Due to my blood type, they want my platelets.
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#193AKA bloodletting
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#194Earlier quoted context omitted.
We should all get annual blood tests so we can track variance from out baselines.
Probably not, honestly. For most tests, the risks associated with a false positive outweigh the benefits of marginally earlier detection. Humans aren't precise machines, each person has different values and different value ranges for standard measurements - and asymptomatic deviations frequently mean nothing whatsoever. On the other hand investigations can be invasive, painful, risky and expensive. There's a reason m…
How well do we actually know "normal" values if we don't have the broad data that regular blood tests for everyone could give us?
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#195Another way to say that Bloodletting can reduce toxic forever chemicals in the bloodstream.
Brings up an interesting question. Say you couldn't donate due to tattoos, needle use from steroids or IV drugs ("have you ever injected anything not prescribed by a doctor"), gay or paid sex, etc Are there services for bloodletting?
During blood donations there's a step where they ask you if it's okay to use your blood (which is indicated by selecting one of two barcode stickers that the technician can't interpret). I assume this is for people who are pressured to donate blood as a group but don't want to out themselves as being ineligible. You could just go do that and select the "don't use my blood" sticker.
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#196Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't know why this comment is downvoted. Let me elaborate a little on what I think they meant. All the risks associated with false positives (other than the side effects of actually drawing blood once a year, which I think is negligible) can be removed by simply not overreacting. Find a cancer? Well, consider not subjecting yourself to chemo just to get rid of it. Some cancers will kill you by winter, some will ju…
The parents premise is wrong. You can't just "establish a better baseline" and "if the test says you might have cancer don't worry about it maybe?" The former is hampered by base rate fallacy [1] (specifically the part about disease in a low-incidence population) and the in the latter, if you're going to disregard the outcome why are you testing? A concrete example is the NHS recommends against the PSA prostate cance…
I guess I should have been more clear that by establishing a baseline I did not mean take one test and then have surgery.
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#197Sheesh, I can't believe the percent of negative comments! Someone finally figured a way to reduce PFAS. It's a hugely positive finding, especially in light of people being able to keep their red blood cells. Hopefully it can be ruled as a safe long-term solution for now. Looking forward to reading updates on this research. And btw, donating plasma doesn't mean other people will get your PFAS; many things can be done…
Regular plasma donation is probably much worse for your long term health than ppb levels of pfas.
Does your body not just make more like blood?
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#198Re: Regular blood donations can reduce “forever chemicals” in the bloodstream: study
#199Earlier quoted context omitted.
Brings up an interesting question. Say you couldn't donate due to tattoos, needle use from steroids or IV drugs ("have you ever injected anything not prescribed by a doctor"), gay or paid sex, etc Are there services for bloodletting?
During blood donations there's a step where they ask you if it's okay to use your blood (which is indicated by selecting one of two barcode stickers that the technician can't interpret). I assume this is for people who are pressured to donate blood as a group but don't want to out themselves as being ineligible. You could just go do that and select the "don't use my blood" sticker.
Oh wow. I didn’t know that and I’ve had to come up with some lame excuses in the past.
So even the tech can’t see that it’ll ultimately be disposed of?
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#200This is not the only health benefit of regular blood donations:
Donation of Blood Is Associated with Reduced Risk of Myocardial Infarction
https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/148/5/445/76921
Regular blood donation may help in the management of hypertension
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/trf.13428
Regular blood donation may lower iron stores, and this in turn lowers lipid peroxidation.