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There's this theory that you can dilute the chemicals by doing frequent blood donations.
by amelius 9mo ago
There's this theory that you can dilute the chemicals by doing frequent blood donations.
- seethishat 9mo agoI've been told that is beneficial for men with cardiovascular disease too, but I am not sure if that is true.
- medi8r 9mo agoIs the leech back?
- amelius 9mo agoIf you are scared of needles you can have the leech. Donation is generally more useful though.
- SkyBelow 9mo agoDid it ever leave? I thought it was still preferred in certain medical procedures. I think something about after reattaching parts of the body it was one of the best options to ensure blood flow in the area, but it has been years since I last read about it.
- JKCalhoun 9mo ago(Had to delete my comment in deference to your beating me by an hour.)
- MagicMoonlight 9mo agoPeople mocked the leechers, they called them mad. And now look who’s crawling back. It turns out leeches really do cure diseases.
- FrustratedMonky 9mo agoIs there any studies quantifying it? It seems to make sense. Wonder if anybody has measured.
- bigtoe416 9mo agohttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8994130/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8994130/ “In this randomized clinical trial of 285 firefighters, both blood and plasma donations resulted in significantly lower PFAS levels than observation alone. Plasma donation was the most effective intervention, reducing mean serum perfluorooctane sulfonate levels by 2.9 ng/mL compared with a 1.1-ng/mL reduction with blood donation, a significant difference; similar changes were seen with other PFASs”
- benterix 9mo agoIt means blood tests might qualify, too.
- ramon156 9mo agoIts kind of funny that a lot of issues I had seemed to not be present when I was donating. Then I took finasteride and now I'm not allowed to donate anymore...
- AceyMan 9mo agoFinasteride, in the US at least, has only a 30 day refractory period. My MD let's me stop for 30 days so I can donate, then resume the regimen.
- Bender 9mo agoDoes the recipient get the forever chemicals or is there filtration processing that removes them?
- steinvakt2 9mo agoThe recipient will get the forever chemicals, but they survive due to the blood transfer, so in a few weeks they can donate and get rid of the chemicals.
- red-iron-pine 9mo agoif they're getting blood chances are they're already down a few pints, which meant the forever chems in that older blood are gone new blood replaces them so they're back to where they started, but you're down a bunch
- JKCalhoun 9mo agoHot potato! Right? (I remember that game.)
- adzm 9mo agoCan't I just bleed out into the ground occasionally as well?
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- red-iron-pine 9mo agowhy just the ground? bring back ritual bloodletting
- NotMichaelBay 9mo agoRight after this break, we'll find out: Is hemorrhaging in public a crime?
- amelius 9mo agoSure but donating is the more sensible way.
- efficax 9mo agoahh, bloodletting is back huh? we’re really redoing the middle ages but with iphones