Sentences with phrase «repeated blood transfusions»

You can also get too much iron from iron pills (if you also get iron from food) or from repeated blood transfusions.

Brown's HIV disappeared after he developed leukemia and doctors gave him repeated blood transfusions from a donor who harbored a mutated version of a receptor the virus uses to enter cells.

At present, they are used to treat diseases such as thalassaemia, in which patients accumulate surplus iron from repeated blood transfusions.

Not exact matches

Patients that require repeated transfusions or quickly destroy transfused red blood cells have a much poorer prognosis.

Animal blood can be typed and cross matched if repeated transfusions are needed to reduce the risk of an allergic reaction.

Animals with severe disease require more careful management and may need repeated transfusions of blood and blood products to prevent hemorrhage.