If you’ve lost blood, either by a severe cut or donating to a blood bank, your body can generate new blood to replace it. How does your body know when it needs more, and how does it know when to stop so you don’t end up with an excess amount?

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If you’ve lost blood, either by a severe cut or donating to a blood bank, your body can generate new blood to replace it. How does your body know when it needs more, and how does it know when to stop so you don’t end up with an excess amount?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Donating blood also has a number of health benefits as well though I believe its due to the reduction of iron from your system and giving your kidneys regular exercise I think.