Influence of Blood Donation on Iron Stores of Female Blood Donors in EnuguWomen cannot donate blood as frequently as men. Women in low income countries in which Nigeria is one of them can donate one to two times per year. The present study was designed to evaluate the iron status in ...
Iron stores in blood donors evaluated by serum ferritin. Male and female blood donors were grouped according to their blood donations, and the iron stores were estimated by a two-site immunoradiometric assay for ferritin. Hb serum iron, serum transferrin and transferrin saturation were also me.....
Background: Repeated double erythrocytapheresis and whole blood donation could be accompanied by loss of iron and anemisation. The aim was to evaluate long-term effects of blood donation on iron stores and to find useful parameter for monitoring of them. Methods: Using separator Haemonetics MCS+...
Apart from challenging the bone marrow to increase its red cell production, thereby producing more blood for the donor, regular blood donation has been shown to have several benefits, one of which is preventing accumulation of body iron which can cause free radical formation in the body. This ...
Iron stores were evaluated by serum ferritin determinations in 948 menstruating and 141 non-menstruating female blood donors. Blood donation was associated with a decrease in ferritin. First-time donors (n = 163) had a geometric mean ferritin of 24 .mu.g/l and multiple-time donors a value ...
Anemia Vasculitis Pregnancy Obesity Advanced age cholesterol heart attack stroke bacterial infections sepsis iron deficiency anemia Creatine a) CK-BB that is present in various tissues of the body b) CK-MM present in large amounts in the muscles and heart ...
Iron deficiency is common in cyanotic adults but does not alter viscosity. Hyperviscosity symptoms are associated with a higher Hct-adjusted viscosity independent of cell size or iron stores. Higher Hct is associated with better exercise capacity. Further work to understand the origin of hyperviscosit...
Ferritin is the major iron storage protein in the body, so the ferritin test is ordered as an indirect way to measure the iron stores in the body. The ferritin test is often ordered as part of a panel of tests that examine the levels of body iron and the effects of abnormalities in ir...
Depletion of body iron stores is a major factor limiting regular blood donation in volunteer donors. Autologous blood donors are requested to donate more frequently. To determine iron stores in autologous donors, 9 men and 10 women studied gave a total of 24 donations before their elective surgery...
Serumferritinisapoferritinmade up from glycosylatedferritin light chains, the release of which from cells reflects current ferritinprotein synthesis.86It is thus related to the intracellular labile iron that determinesIRPaffinity for theIRE, and only indirectly to iron stores through the release of ferri...