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If a patient gives too much of their blood for this, would they have less antibodies for themselves if they get reinfected?
by jonplackett 6y ago
If a patient gives too much of their blood for this, would they have less antibodies for themselves if they get reinfected?
- entropy_ 6y agoThey would die of blood loss before that happens
- jstanley 6y agoNo they wouldn't. The blood (including antibodies) that is removed has been removed. The question is equivalent to "if you give blood, doesn't that mean you have less blood for yourself?" and the answer is "yes, for a little while".
- jonplackett 6y agoI don't mean all at once! I mean if they went back and gave antibodies multiple times. Does the body keep replicating antibodies too? There seems to be some concern if we'll actually be immune as it is.
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