AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD TRANSFUSION (SELF DONATION)

Autologous Blood transfusion information, or self donation of your own Blood to yourself, is the collection and re-infusion (re-transfusion) of the patient's own Blood or Blood components. Recommended by the American Medical Association's Council on Scientific Affairs, and described as the safest Blood product by Blood banks themselves, it clearly should be the transfusion therapy of choice. The alternative, allogeneic (publicly donated) Blood, from Blood donors that may be unknown to you, on the other hand, is collected from a Blood donor other than the patient, and transfused into that patient. Cord Blood and Stem cell Blood therapies, if you use your own Blood products would be autologous. When a family member donates to you, it is near autologous (Blood family relation) donation of stem cells or cord Blood to you.

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Although not completely risk free, autologous Blood is the safest form of Blood transfusion. Exclusive use of a patient’s own Blood eliminates reactions due to donor recipient incompatibility and precludes exposure to transfusion transmitted infection. There is a vast body of knowledge on human Blood. There are literally hundreds of areas of Blood research with large sums of money invested. Even so, every year, there are discoveries rendering the standard conventions unusable, or even dangerous. Many of the antibodies in donated Blood, which develop when people are exposed to diseases, may be undetectable despite intensive testing, and these can cause transfusion reactions in patients receiving the Blood. While Blood bank tests greatly reduce the risks of acquiring certain infectious diseases, these risks can not be eliminated entirely. Your own Blood is the safest Blood for you.

Over the last several years, an increased awareness of diseases transmitted by allogeneic Blood has resulted in a dramatic increase in autologous Blood transfusion. Approximately 16 million units of Blood are donated annually. Of those Blood donations, over 600,000 are autologous Blood donations. This number of autologous donations is growing each year. Clinical research and practice in autologous Blood use have also grown in recent years, providing new insights into the issues involved.

Donating Blood to the community is important. Donating Blood to yourself can be very important!

This year, the United States will be short more than 250,000 of the one-pint units of Blood that Americans will need. About that same amount of Blood is imported from abroad each year to fill Americans' needs. This estimate is from the non-profit National Blood Data Resource Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Imported Blood..... hmmm! Other credible estimates indicate imports of up to 20% of the total supply.

Autologous Blood and your Cord Blood, is stored in Blood bags. The Autologous Blood bag replaced the pint glass bottle for Blood in the 20th century. Your family has unique Blood. Autologous Cord Blood is important. Discount Cord Blood registry is also important to Cord Blood discount information. Cord Blood is important to our Bodies. The Cord Blood registry and Cord Blood information. When our bodies lose a little Blood from a minor wound, the platelets cause the Blood to clot so that the bleeding stops. Because newly produced Blood is always being made on the inside of your bones, a healthy body can replace the lost Blood. When our bodies lose Blood through a major wound, that Blood is most often, due to modern medicine, replaced by the transfusion of Blood from Blood donors.

Blood is called the fluid of life. Blood transports oxygen from the lungs throughout body tissue. Blood also moves carbon dioxide from body tissue to the lungs. Blood is called the fluid of growth. Blood transports nourishment from the digestive tract and hormones from glands throughout the body. Blood is the fluid of health. Blood carries disease fighting substances to the tissue and waste to the kidneys.

Autologous Blood Transfusion is a process allowing you to receive a transfusion of your own Blood. Your Blood is removed at scheduled intervals and stored. Your body will then make more Blood to replace the donated and stored Blood. Autologous Blood donation has the advantage that all of the Blood that is put into your body is a perfect match for you. Therefore there can be no ill effects such as fever, rashes or allergic reactions which can occasionally occur after receiving Blood from a stranger or a Blood bank. Autologous Blood transfusion also carries no risk of transmitting infection such as Hepatitis or AIDS.

Remember, we are assured that all Blood is safe. To me, 'safe' is a relative term. I know for certain that my Blood is the safest for me when I use it for myself.