World Blood Donor Day 2019: Things to consider to ensure safe blood transfusion

Once blood transfusion has taken place, the nurses and doctors check for symptoms of an adverse reaction after a few hours. Blood transfusion means infusing blood to a needy patient. Blood has components like red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets or clotting factors, and plasma or whole blood which can be transfused to the patient as whole or according to the need. There are five types of white blood cells which play different protective roles during infection control. Platelets helps in clotting blood during wounds and injuries, while plasma…

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Look for Vitamins Pills in Nature

Nature abounds in Nutrition. So, why pop the pill? City folks hardly have enough time to sit down and have a decent meal. So, to gain the required nutrition, they resort to popping vitamin and mineral supplement. No matter how many vitamin pills you pop in a day, these can never make up for the nutrients that you can gain by tapping the fruits (and vegetables) offered by nature. So, instead of finding the essential vitamins artificially, look for the natural vitamins and include these in your daily diet. Trust…

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World Thalassemia Day: Why We All Need to Pledge to Donate Blood

By: DR SUNIL BHAT Blood, the life line of our bodies, has three major cellular components: red cells, white cells and platelets. Red cells provide energy and transport oxygen in the body. In Thalassemia major, red cells synthesis is insufficient and the life span also is very short. The disease manifests early in childhood, mostly in the first year of life, and these patients require lifelong frequent blood transfusions (every few weeks) to keep them alive. Burden of the Problem 80% of the children with this disease are born in Asian…

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Nature Cure for Anaemia

Anaemia, which means ” lacking in blood “, is among the most common diseases affecting human beings. It denotes a shortage of rich red blood cells and colouring matter and usually results from consumption of refined foods. The blood flowing in our veins and arteries is really living tissue. Nearly half of it consists of red blood cells which carry oxygen to the tissues. Approximately one trillion ( 10,000 million ) new blood cells are formed in the bone marrow daily. The raw materials required in the production of these…

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