I'm not talking about menstruation, but it can be considered as well.
2006-06-12 01:56:12 · 32 answers · asked by rakovica.blinks 2 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Loosing blood is not a normall occurence (excepting menstruation). Everybody gets cuts and scrapes and looses a little blood, as long as you are not loosing pints at a time you should be okay.
2006-06-19 03:48:18 · answer #1 · answered by i'm_a_goodie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm a certified Senior Phlebotomist. Men should donate blood because contrary to popular belief, too much iron in the blood can actually be harmful to your health and may cause cardiac problems later on in life.
Women through menstruation every 28 days release harmful chemicals of the body such as excess iron and serves as a rest from the body to create and rejuvenate fresh new red blood cells to circulate through out the body.
Yes, do yourself and other people who are sick patients a favor and donate blood every 2 months, not only do I work in blood banking, I participate in employee blood drives whenever I can.
"Give Life, Give Blood"
2006-06-22 13:34:01 · answer #2 · answered by ♪ Brunette Latina ♫ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is one blood disorder where the body manufactures too much blood though I can not remember it's name right off the top of my head.
This is the ONLY time where losing blood is considered to be healthy.
An individual that has this disorder does infact have to have blood taken periodically to get their volume down to a safe level.
2006-06-18 15:00:02 · answer #3 · answered by Just Q 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like many other respondents have told you, it is healthy if you are considering being a donor or if you are shedding the endometrial lining of your uterus, which means being on your menses. Donation centers screen and evaluate you to assure that you can donate blood without doing harm to you or anyone else. Blood carries oxygen and nutrients to all the tissues in your body and carries away waste. Allowing yourself to bleed for the sake of just bleeding does not make sense. If you have good health, you are fortunate, don't flaunt it by doing needless things to yourself.
2006-06-24 04:17:52 · answer #4 · answered by ValleyViolet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a Medical Technologist and I say listen to the Phlebotomists...they are right. There is literature out there that indicates that males with high hemoglobin levels are at higher risk of cardiac problems. Look it up for yourself. Donate blood if you are a candidate...
2006-06-23 15:03:42 · answer #5 · answered by Suz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends what you do with the blood, if you donate it, it is a really healthy thing to do. But don't do it more often than once every 3 months.
2006-06-24 12:34:15 · answer #6 · answered by doctryluv 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is only one condition that loss of blood is useful for: Polycythaemia Rubra Vera (PCV).
It's a type of blood disorder that leads to AML (acute myeloid leukaemia). There is over growth of red blood cells that can be temporarily relieved by loss of blood to reduce the number of red cells back to normal levels.
2006-06-12 02:21:25 · answer #7 · answered by Nikoru 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, unless of course you need dialysis for a kidney problem but even then you are simply removing impurities from the blood and not actually losing any.
2006-06-12 02:11:40 · answer #8 · answered by Spook 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is, I donate blood every 90 days so that my body makes new blood and I have not had a cold in years.
2006-06-24 17:37:37 · answer #9 · answered by CrzyCowboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To donate blood once in three months is healthy for people.
2006-06-12 02:19:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋