Would you donate your bone marrow? :)
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Particularly if the patient have a low pain threshold or not affected by anaesthesia.Originally posted by oxford mushroom:He is probably talking about doing a bone marrow aspirate and trephine biopsy. That is done under local anaesthesia and depending on the doctor and/or patient, can be painful to varying degrees. If the sample is too small or unrepresentative (a common problem with inexperienced junior doctors), it will have to be repeated -
What's that? When is it done?Originally posted by oxford mushroom:He is probably talking about doing a bone marrow aspirate and trephine biopsy. That is done under local anaesthesia and depending on the doctor and/or patient, can be painful to varying degrees. If the sample is too small or unrepresentative (a common problem with inexperienced junior doctors), it will have to be repeated -
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I'll go for a try while I reach the legitimate age! -
A bone marrow aspirate is sucking up blood cells from the centre of a bone to see if the blood elements are healthy. For bone marrow trephine, you take a sharp trochar (like a kind of spear with a hollow core), pierce it into the centre of the hip bone to remove a core of bone marrow tissue for the pathologist to see if it is healthy.Originally posted by MooKu:What's that? When is it done?
As a diagnostic test, only local anaesthesia is usually applied and that can be quite painful. For harvesting marrow, multiple aspirates have to be taken and many places now offer general anaesthesia or at least, regional anaesthesia. -
thanks oxy...Originally posted by oxford mushroom:A bone marrow aspirate is sucking up blood cells from the centre of a bone to see if the blood elements are healthy. For bone marrow trephine, you take a sharp trochar (like a kind of spear with a hollow core), pierce it into the centre of the hip bone to remove a core of bone marrow tissue for the pathologist to see if it is healthy.
As a diagnostic test, only local anaesthesia is usually applied and that can be quite painful. For harvesting marrow, multiple aspirates have to be taken and many places now offer general anaesthesia or at least, regional anaesthesia.
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yes i also will...because iam a gal like to help many old folk and children and also adult...cos if we save their life...think in return...they will save our life too..so why not?
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All say yes, but will go and register or not?
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If I remember correctly, they did use a syringe to draw blood....when I pledged many years ago, not sure about now.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Not too much of a problem... except that I hate people pricking my finger for blood... I rather they use a syringe... -
of course! it's a matter of life and death.
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if they pay me i might consider
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Ok... I'm going tomorrow....
If... if I can bear to look at them prick my finger, I'll take a picture as evidence. -
And so today, I had my finger poked and squeezed at the BloodBank!
The BMDP room is just beside Room 1, for those who're planning to go. It's like a normal office room. Just enter the HSA building (visible from main road) and then head to the very obvious area where people are waiting for something.
When I went there, I was asked to fill up a simple form with my basic personal details and then the very kind lady there proceeded to poke my finger with that springy stapler-like thing.. and then while she spent the next five minutes squeezing blood out from my finger (she says I have poor blood flow) she also patiently explained to me the procedure once I've been found to be a match.
My finger was repeatedly dabbed onto some piece of paper which will then be sent for HLA tissue typing...
That's all.
Here's some lousy blurry evidence of my trip!
tomatooo sauceeeee!
Very simple one lar, just go there, fill up form, bleed a bit and that's all.
So you all go tomorrow okie? -
Yeah why not?