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There are many benefits that you can get from donating blood. But not everyone can donate blood. The reason is that there are a number of conditions that must be met if you want to donate blood, such as age, health condition, and weight. Likewise with blood viscosity. If you have gore, you are not allowed to join the donor. What is the reason that gore should not be donated to other people?
What causes thick blood?
Thick blood or often called hypercoagulation or thrombophilia is a disease associated with blood clotting disorders. Simply put, if you have thick blood it means that your blood is easy to clot or clot.
Quoting a hematologist, dr. Johan Kurnianda SpPD-KHOM, blood is thick if the blood hemaglobin level reaches 18-19 gr / dL and the hematocrit level reaches 50-60%, which is more than the normal value.
The most common cause of gore is a genetic mutation inherited from a parent. How thick or thin your blood is is also influenced by many factors. Several things that affect blood viscosity, namely:
- Red blood cells. Red blood cells have a direct effect on blood viscosity. The more red blood, the thicker your blood will be.
- Blood fat levels. The more fat in your blood, the thicker your blood is.
- Excess protein in the blood.
- Chronic inflammation in the body, due to smoking, diabetes, or other chronic diseases.
- The existence of diseases that cause the blood to thicken, such as lupus, polycythemia vera, and other diseases.
In addition, eating lots of foods containing vitamin K can also thicken and clot the blood. For this reason, doctors do not have a standard cause why the blood becomes thicker. The doctor will conclude the cause according to your body condition.
Then, why can't people who have gore blood donate blood?
Blood clots due to blood that are too thick will block the flow of blood. Reporting from Everyday Health, Mary Ann Bauman, MD, spokesperson for the national doctor for the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women movement, said that thick blood moves slowly all over the body, so there is an increased risk of red blood cells sticking to one another and forming a clot. This clot then blocks the flow of oxygen, hormones, and other nutrients to the tissues and cells throughout the body.
In the owner of the body, thick blood can cause low oxygen levels in the cells and lead to hormone and nutrient deficiencies. Blood clots can affect your health in the long term. Based on the results of research from Harvard University, gore increases the risk of coronary heart disease, stroke and other heart diseases. The cause of thick blood that can lead to various heart diseases is a blood clot that blocks blood flow back to the heart or to the brain, which in turn can lead to a stroke.
The mild risks that will be experienced by recipients of thick blood donations are dizziness, weakness, and shortness of breath. In some cases, blood clots from the donor can increase the risk of the same health problems in the donor recipient's body. Recipients of thick blood donors who have previously had a history of other diseases or are in an unstable state are more at risk of developing blood clots, and / or having strokes and heart attacks.
In some cases, a blood clot received from a donor can lead to complications that can lead to death. This is the most fatal risk that can occur from a heart attack or stroke caused by a blockage.
