If the doner has HERPES for example and gives blood, since it's a viral disease...will the recipient get herpes? I'm not talkin about HIV cause I know the answer to that......I need a real answer..not a blood to blood contact,,and yes...blah blah blah....is there any smart people out there?
2006-06-30 02:30:43 · 12 answers · asked by lizbabe01 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Although tests for infectious diseases, blood donor screening, and autologous blood donations have made blood transfusions safer today than in the past, scientists say that new technologies hold the key to a completely safe blood supply in the future. Blood donor screening and blood tests have made infection by HIV and other viral diseases extremely rare, but infections still occur during the "window period" between infection and antibody production, which eludes current testing techniques. Patients can give their own blood--autologous donations--for elective surgery, but most people cannot take advantage of this procedure. As soon as blood-borne viruses such as HIV, hepatitis B, Epstein-Barr virus, and cytomegalovirus are elimated from the blood supply, another infectious agent will appear. Recombinant human erythropoietin eliminates the need for transfusions, but researchers are looking increasingly to blood filtering and washing techniques and blood substitutes such as recombinant human hemoglobin to ensure complete safety of the blood supply.yes you can through the ; window period;
2006-06-30 19:23:14 · answer #1 · answered by purple 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
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2016-08-31 16:59:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Herpes is not blood born so it would not be transmitted in dontaed blood, and other viral STD's are screened for so those samples are discarded if they are contaminated with one, so no one is going to catch hepatitis or hiv from a blood transfusion
2006-06-30 03:04:02 · answer #3 · answered by cdsfhc2002 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well in d first place who has herpes n knows abt it, will never n should not attempt donation. secondly, when a donor's blood is tapped, it undergoes lots of bio chemicals tests for different blood borne diseases like hiv n hep-b n -c, herpes is contrated by sexual contacts n not by blood transfusion....if there r any infections which were not screened before transfusion, if the recepient's immune system is strong enough, it will help combat...
2006-06-30 02:48:17 · answer #4 · answered by lini v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I actually had a friend find out she had Hepatitis, because she gave blood. They check out that blood pretty thoroughly. I don't know about herpes exactly, but I'm sure if you could catch it that way they would not distribute that blood. HIV made them all VERY cautious. So I guess my answer would be No you won't catch it because they won't let you.
2006-06-30 02:39:44 · answer #5 · answered by katieebweb 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They wont be able to donate blood, the blood donation places could exhibit each and every of the blood earlier they could use it. If someone has an std or different ailment they wont use the blood.
2016-10-13 23:53:33 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All blood donated is tested, and if it carries any blood transmitted diseases it is discarded, so if a donor had a viral STD their blood would never be given to anyone.
2006-06-30 02:34:32 · answer #7 · answered by squimberley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No....if someone had herpes you cannot get it from a blood transfusion. HepB and C yes you can.
2006-06-30 02:32:46 · answer #8 · answered by PPNurse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well their is a chance that they will and that the body would reject the blood given
2006-06-30 02:34:56 · answer #9 · answered by daniel.gzmn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's possible, yes
2006-06-30 02:33:00 · answer #10 · answered by cheri-er-rn@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋