Considering all the polluted blood out there now, I have a question for anyone who knows.
I came across someone who said that blood transfusions are sort of a con. He said if you need blood for some reason, they can do it without putting someone else's blood into you. They just need to put liquid into you with electrolytes, and your body will make blood from that, and it will be only your own blood.
Anybody know about this?
You can ‘donate’ your own blood to reserve for a scheduled surgery — but you have to do it at least a month or two before.
Fluid with electrolytes adds volume in an emergency but does not carry oxygen. If you lose a significant amount of blood you will be hypoxic without enough red blood cells, synthetic blood doesn’t cut it.