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| Posted: 31 August 2008 01:35 PM |
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How much blood is in the human body? What is the least amount of blood you can have in you and still survive?
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| Posted: 31 August 2008 04:19 PM |
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The body contains approximately 6 quarts/5.6 liters/10 pints of blood. That's 7% of the total body weight. You can check out the normal blood ranges for men and women, since there are different blood components and the range is slightly different for men and women.
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| Posted: 25 November 2008 09:09 AM |
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For adults, it equates to about 7% (which, for the legendary 70kg man, makes 4.9 litres). For infants, toddlers and children, this percentage is higher, though. In turn, blood can be subdivided into roughly 40% red blood cells and 60% plasma (blood minus all cells). There are of course many other types of cells present in blood besides red blood cells, but these make up only a tiny percentage. Lastly, the usual warning with figures: the above numbers can vary quite a lot with weight, sex, and other factors.
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| Posted: 28 November 2008 02:17 PM |
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Yes we all know the composition of the blood in our body. My question is what are the ways to determined if you can donate blood?
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| Posted: 14 December 2008 06:20 PM |
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I was a blood donor and doctors usually check my conditon like BP reading and getting blood samples to check if you have other type of diseases.
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| Posted: 15 December 2008 07:03 PM |
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The doctors will also tell what blood type you have and it will get at least 250 cc to 500cc of blood in your body depending on the need of the blood type that they have.
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| Posted: 18 February 2009 07:55 PM |
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Red blood cells carry oxygen all over the body and this process is called hemoglobin. This enriches the blood because of the oxygen that it carries. The actual percentage of red blood cells must be at least 45%.
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| Posted: 17 March 2009 06:19 PM |
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Thanks for giving your opinions on my question. The important thing in our blood is oxygen it gives the process of hemoglobin very efficient and creates nourishment on the red blood cells.
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| Posted: 31 March 2009 08:52 AM |
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How many percent of oxygen in the blood?
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| Posted: 20 April 2009 11:20 PM |
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The normal level of oxygen in the blood ranges from 94-98 percent. If the oxygen of your blood is lower than the ranges, the person might be at risk of some blood diseases.
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| Posted: 24 April 2009 06:14 PM |
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Your post made me think twice. I need to go to a doctor and check the oxygen percentage of my blood. Thanks for answering my question.
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Blood also has carbon dioxide that needs to be removed and also causes low platelet count. You can go to a doctor and check your blood for oxygen and carbon dioxide level.
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joe_888 - 28 May 2009 11:25 PM Blood also has carbon dioxide that needs to be removed and also causes low platelet count. You can go to a doctor and check your blood for oxygen and carbon dioxide level.
How can we remove the carbon monoxide from the blood?
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