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[edit] Blood Fractions Guide

A young first time mother is told by her doctor that she will need an immunizing injection to protect future babies from being harmed by Rh antibodies in her blood. The injection is prepared from a blood fraction.Because she is one of Jehovah's Witnessesshe deliberates whether or not she should have the injection. Jehovah's Witnesses and the Question of Blood

A cancer patient is told that his particular type of cancer responds well to treatment with interferon or interleukin. However, these preparations may contain a plasma-derived fraction called human serum albumin. What are the health risks of having this treatment?

A patient has lost a large volume of blood in a car accident and while volume expanders such as normal saline have already been used, the doctor would like to use a fluid that actually carries oxygen to the tissues. The fluid is derived from human or bovine blood. The hemoglobin has been extracted from the red cells and is used to create this new oxygen carrying blood substitute.

Considerable confusion exists around the subject of pharmaceuticals that include some percentage of a blood fraction (also Backround of Fractions): How are they produced? Do they carry any risk of infection? Which drugs have at least some trace of a blood component in them? Why are these drugs becoming more common? What is the percent of blood fraction used in these compounds? In this new feature NoBlood.org will address the many questions surrounding blood fractions. We envision that this will promote lively discussion for the enlightenment of all who visit these pages.

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