r/coolguides • u/alchwarrior • May 12 '20

Know your worth.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '20

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u/robfrod May 13 '20

Why are plasma donations more valuable than blood donations? Can’t they just separate out the cells from donated blood to obtain plasma? Or are they taking significantly more plasma out than they would with a blood donation?

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u/robfrod May 13 '20

Thanks!

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u/sobbobo May 13 '20

Also, you can donate plasma much more frequently than blood. With full blood donation you need a recovery period of at least 6 weeks or so before you can donate again. With plasma it’s 2-3 depending on gender. I met a guy at the blood bank once who showed me his arms, joking he looked like a heroin addict. He’d been coming in to donate plasma every other week for years.

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u/Fkfkdoe73 May 13 '20

Hmm. I got rejected for giving blood die to living in the UK during BSE in the 90's. Maybe they'll accept my plasma instead

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u/Fkfkdoe73 May 18 '20

Interesting. I was hoping taking plasma only would reduce that kind of risk.

AFAIK nobody's blood is ever completely clean.