Does anyone else see the irony in this...?

Question

This is probably more of a health question than a religious one and I'm not trying to start anything here but:

If it doesn't bother you to take a blood transfusion, why do you wash your hands after using a public bathroom and why do you teach your children to do same?

What could be dirtier than blood?

Okay, good answers. I was just having a random thought...like I said, not trying to start a big debate.

As clean as your organs make your blood, blood does carry diseases through the body...and not ALL harmful substances are screened...SOME are, but not all.

How about this?

How many people would take a blood transfusion but WON'T stop smoking in the presence of their children?

My personal decision on this has nothing to do with hygeine.

Answer 1

A blood transfusion is not dirty unless it has been contaminated with a disease or virus or bacteria. The vast majority of blood transfusions given in hospitals have been checked for all the bad things mentioned and cleared ad safe. I not only wash after using a public restroom but also after I use the bathroom on my own house. Imagine putting your hand in your mouth after wiping your backside or getting urine on your hand. Ugh!!!

Answer 2

Inject feces and see. Yes there is tainted blood but if dying from blood loss then even if you contract a disease you still get more time. I contracted a disease from transfusion at 6 years but as you can imagine my parents and especially my children are grateful for the transfusion. I am 42 now. Blood equal life and e coli equals disease.

Answer 3

Why exactly is blood dirty? Feces are swimming with bacteria. Also, when you get a blood transfusion, it has been tested multiple times for multiple pathogens. But I don't think most people test toilet seats, handles, door knobs, and faucets for pathogens.

Besides, the most common way disease is transmitted is hand to mouth, meaning someone left some pathogen someplace (sneezed on a table maybe) and then you touched the table, then rubbed your nose/mouth with your hand. That's what happens in bathrooms. Someone wipes their butt, then touches the handle, the door, and the knobs on the faucet. Then you touch them, touch your nose/mouth, get sick.

They even say you're not supposed to shut the water off after you wash your hands but grab some paper towels and turn it off using the paper.

Answer 4

Dirt washed from your hands can not prolong lives. That is perhaps the most simple and obvious difference between a life saving blood transfusion and handwashing of germs.

Answer 5

I guess the fact that a transfusion is held at a hospital with supposedly sterile equipment makes it easier to think about, The other though is a public bathroom where thousands upon thousands have visited to live their filth. I think the answer is obvious. I don't think it's a question of religion but rather one of personal hygene.

Answer 6

You may not know this but your blood is filtered by your organs and kept as healthy as possible by your immune system. Your hands are outside your body and does not have the same benefits, it is meant to be a dirty place on your body just like your mouth. We need to wash to cut down the number of germs and prevent the spread of disease.

Answer 7

Blood used in transfusions is tested for most harmful elements.

Answer 8

Dude, we're talking a life-or-death situation. Option one, get a blood transfusion; option two, die of massive blood loss. Who wouldn't take the first option? I mean, unless they were brainwashed, mentally insane, or suicidal.

Answer 9

I don't think people just willingly take blood transfusions for a hobby, kiddo. Usually it's a major medical situation.

Answer 10

Actually, MY parents taught me not to wet on myself, instead of washing my hands.