why can’t people with anemia (not enough iron in blood) get blood transfers from donors who have hemochromatosis (too much iron in blood)?
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I worked in a clinic that did phlebotomies for people with hemochromatosis. We looked in to this. The ferritin is a protein and in the massive quantities that our patients had, the blood would likely cause a reaction, possibly like anaphylaxis, in the recipient. Once someone was within range, they could donate blood again, if they only needed it every 56 days. More often and we had to do it.
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