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Due to a past (super low risk) medical condition, I cannot donate blood. There’s not really any other way to replicate this, right?
by graeme 6y ago
Due to a past (super low risk) medical condition, I cannot donate blood. There’s not really any other way to replicate this, right?
- NegativeLatency 6y agoBut you can throw blood away
- graeme 6y agoRight but there’s no organization devoted to extracting blood and throwing it away.
- gruez 6y agoHow hard is it to learn how to draw your own blood? eg. what the nurses do when you give a blood sample for lab tests.
- fb03 6y agoFor tests, healthcare professionals draw a very small amount (some tubes hold less than 5ml, each). Donating blood takes upwards of 550ml out of your system. It's in another league entirely. They unfortunately cannot be compared like this.
- joshxyz 6y agohalf a liter sweet jesus thats a lot
- stoneman24 6y ago“That’s almost an arm full” old Tony Hancock reference for the older British reader (google Tony Hancock blood donor Sketch).
- mft_ 6y agoThe only difference is the equipment, a little time, and the volume you ultimately end up with.
- beenBoutIT 6y agoSure there is, just buy a 'blood drawing kit' online and get a nurse or ex-nurse friend to do it for you. Then dump it down the drain and physiologically you'll be in the exact same place as anyone who gave blood.
- mft_ 6y agoI was thinking about this the last time plasma replenishment came up on HN. I can’t donate blood as I lived in the UK during the “mad cow” years, which prevents me from donating in various other European countries. Simple blood-letting might be feasible... but something feels odd about just throwing large volumes of blood away, and my partner wasn’t totally down to help with the practical side...