Alzheimer’s cases tied to no-longer-used medical procedure

Re:Alzheimer’s cases tied to no-longer-used medical procedure by jraph on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @01:10AM (#39186893)

I don't think I ever had to declare allergies when donating my blood (France).

They focus on infections and cancers I think.

Why would they ask for allergies if we don't yet know that they can be transmitted like this?

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Re:Alzheimer’s cases tied to no-longer-used medical procedure by withinboredom on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @01:53AM (#39187122)

I thought it was well known that certain allergies (eggs/peanuts) can transfer via transfusions? At least for awhile. It looks like there’s some literature on it at least, but I didn’t dig into it or anything. I just thought this was “common” knowledge since that’s what I was told years ago by a nurse I was dating in college, a long time ago.

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Re:Alzheimer’s cases tied to no-longer-used medical procedure by jraph on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @02:20AM (#39187274)

Maybe it's known but I don't know about it :-)

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Re:Alzheimer’s cases tied to no-longer-used medical procedure by dghughes on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @06:29AM (#39188839)

I would assume things like that maybe after a bone marrow transplant but having a blood transfusion seems pretty mild I wouldn't expect any affects from it.

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