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IV. General
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15.
Title : Heart disease
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Description:- Please tell me about the best
medicines for the heart blockage? Also the best and the
convienient way for knowing how much blockage is there and
its treatment.
Answer :- There is no such " Best " medicine for
heart blockage. Infact just medicines can not open the
blockages in the heart.
The best way of knowing extent of blockages, is coronary
angiography. The treatment can be either a balloon
angioplasty or bypass surgery, depending upon a severity
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16.
Title : Weakness from blood donation
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Description:- Does blood donation lead to any
kind of weakness
Answer :- No it does not lead to any kind of
weakness or impotency. |
17.
Title : Quantity of Blood to be donated
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Description:- How much blood can one person donate
at a time and how long does the body need to make up for
it?
Answer :- 300ml can be donated at a time and the
volume of blood is made within 24 hrs in the body. |
18.
Title : Time gap between blood donations
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Description:- What is the suitable time gap between
two donations?
Answer :- Three Months. |
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19.
Title : Prerequisites to donate blood
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Description:- What are the prerequisites to donate
blood?
Answer :-
a) Donor should be between 18-55 years of age
b) Should not be suffering from hypertension, diabetics,
thyroid dysfunction, epilespsy psychiatric disorder,
jaundice in last 20 years, malaria, typhoid or viral in
last 6 months.
c) Should not have had surgery in the last 6 months
d) Should not be under weight or anemic
e) Pregnant, lactating and menstruating women are not
advised to donate blood.
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20.
Title : Blood requirement for surgery
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Description:- How many units are required for
surgery?
Answer :- 2-6 units depending on the type of
surgery. |
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21.
Title : Blood Donation
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Description:- Does one need to keep stand by (fresh
blood) donors?
Answer :- Yes, if the patient is having redo
surgery or if he or she is having negative blood group. In
such cases it is recommended that the stand by donor
should give a sample of his or her blood at least 24-48
hrs before. Surgery for testing for cross matching and
infection.
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22.
Title : Donor's blood group
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Description:- What should be the blood group of the
donors?
Answer :- If the patients blood group is positive
A, B, O or AB then the donors could be of any group.
In case of negative blood group A, B, O or AB then the
donors should preferably of the same group or a part of
the donations should be of the same group.
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23.
Title : Blood from professional donors
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Description:- Can the families get blood
from professional donors or from other blood banks?
Answer :- No it is not advisable to get blood from
professional donors as they are not healthy. They donate
blood very frequently against the stipulated time period
of 3 months. In view of prevalence of AIDS/Hepatitis B & C
professional donors should NEVER be engaged. Recognized
licensed blood banks could be approached.
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24.
Title : O positive - a universal donor ?
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Description:- Can a patient be given O
Positive blood during surgery if the family is not able to
arrange the donation of required blood group?
Answer :- The concept of Universal donor and
recipient is no longer held by medical science. However O
Positive blood is given in extreme cases.
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25.
Title : Blood transfusion
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Description:- Is blood transfusion serious after
surgery?
Answer :- It is not serious but it is sometimes
done to make up for the volume and coagulation factors.
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26.
Title : Testing of donated blood
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Description:- Does Blood Bank test the blood donated by
the donors in their blood bank?
Answer :- Yes it carries out tests for AIDS / HbsAG / Malaria / VDRL
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27.
Title : Effect of anti-coagulant on menstrual cycle
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Description:- How does anti-coagulant
medicine affect the menstrual cycle?
Answer :- By and large it doesn't affect the cycle.
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28.
Title : Open heart surgery
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Description:- What is open heart surgery?
Answer :- Open heart surgery is a technique where
during the surgery where the circulation of blood through
the body is taken over by the heart lung machine. Most
types of cardiac surgeries eg. bypass surgery, valve
replacement and some other cardiac defect repair can be
performed by using this approach.
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29.
Title : Suphenous Vein
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Description:- Does taking out suphenous vein leads
to weakness in the limb? Are there any restrictions on the
movement?
Answer :- No it does not lead to any kind of
weakness and there are no restrictions on the movement
also but in the initial 3 months after surgery, patients
are advised to wear crepe bandage, not to sit cross
legged. And not to keep the leg in the hanging position
for a long time.
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30.
Title : Blood Donation
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Description:- Is it possible that the
blood which is donated by the family members is given to
the patient?
Answer :- Yes, if the donors are healhy and are of
the same blood group as of the patient and the blood cross
matches.
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31.
Title : Type of valves used in surgery
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Description:- What kind of valves are used in
surgery?
Answer :- Both Mechanical and Biological valves are
used. The surgeon would decide which one would be best
suited for the Patient
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32.
Title : Life span of valves
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Description:- Do they last life long?
Answer :- The life span is around 10-15 years but
they may last longer also if all necessary precautions are
taken.
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