Bill Sardi
See book keywords and concepts |  The 85-year-old retired genetics professor with leukemia who had only weeks to live, was receiving blood transfusions, had lost side vision, who could not walk up stairs he was so weak, who began to take a single herbal supplement and soon was able to skip blood transfusions, regained his sight, resumed driving and is alive over 36 months later.
An Asian American woman, ex-smoker, with lung cancer, who had endured the pain and suffering of modern cancer treatment for 3 years, to the point where she could not withstand another day of it. |
Bottom Line Health
See book keywords and concepts | | However, previous research at Duke and other institutions has found that blood transfusions may not be as beneficial or benign as previously believed.
"Blood transfusions are not like giving a patient an aspirin or Tylenol; they can be risky. Our message to physicians is to look at the whole patient and not just the blood count number, when considering whether or not to transfuse," Rao says.
The Duke team cautions doctors to carefully consider the ability of patients to increase blood counts without transfusions. |
Bill Sardi
See book keywords and concepts | | The 85-year-old retired genetics professor with leukemia who had only weeks to live, was receiving blood transfusions, had lost side vision, who could not walk up stairs he was so weak, who began to take a single herbal supplement and soon was able to skip blood transfusions, regained his sight, resumed driving and is alive over 36 months later.
An Asian American woman, ex-smoker, with lung cancer, who had endured the pain and suffering of modern cancer treatment for 3 years, to the point where she could not withstand another day of it. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts |  And to top this fiasco, positive test results can occur due to "prior pregnancy, blood transfusions...and other potential nonspecific reactions" (Vironostika HIV Test, 2003).
If the screening tests for HIV are in fact not to be used for diagnostic purposes, what are they then used for, you may ask. Why are hundreds of millions of people in Africa and Asia subjected to AIDS tests if they shouldn't be used to confirm the presence of HIV infection? How many "potential nonspecific reactions" could there be to influence the outcome of an HIV test? |
Bill Sardi
See book keywords and concepts | | His red blood cell count was so low he lost some of his peripheral vision and couldn't walk up the stairs without fainting. blood transfusions were frequent, just to prolong his life a few more days at a time. Then a neighbor friend suggested he begin taking a red wine molecule called resveratrol, as a dietary supplement.
Harry, a retired plant geneticist, did some research on his own. The evidence seemed convincing enough, so he began taking the red wine pills. Soon Harry was regaining his strength. His hemoglobin count rose, to the astonishment of his doctors. | | Transfusion 44: 833-37, 2004]
The problem is that leukemia patients develop low hemoglobin levels and require blood transfusions, but donor blood will infuse as much as 250 milligrams of iron into their system, again fueling tumor growth.
Furthermore, chemotherapy releases a toxic form of iron which not only produces side effects, but also feeds tumor cells. This is one of the major reasons why tumors recur following chemotherapy. The chemotherapy drugs killed the tumor cells but release more iron for remaining tumor cells to feed off of. | | The professor finds a cure for his leukemia
When Professor Hubert, age 87, a retired university professor of plant genetics, was diagnosed with a leukemic condition, he was told he had only weeks to live. blood transfusions would buy him some time- build up his blood count so he could function. A drug called epoietin was also prescribed to build up his red cells. But he had already lost much of his side vision. He couldn't walk up stairs without feeling faint. He had to stop driving. His hematocrit, a measure of the percent of whole blood that is red blood cells, was down to 7. | | Fewer and fewer blood transfusions were needed. Then the doctors stopped ordering more blood and watched as Professor Hubert went into remission. It was beyond their comprehension. His case was so unusual, one of his doctors wanted to write up the remission and submit it to a medical journal. Leukemia doesn't do an about-face on its own. It was now Christmas and Professor Hubert was feeling well enough to visit art galleries, and enjoy life. Resveratrol was extending his life beyond that of any known technology. How much longer, no one knows. His story is ongoing. |
Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
See book keywords and concepts |  There would be no blood transfusions or organ transplants, nor would there be emergency or critical care of any sort. Pharmaceutical companies would be gone, as would the drugs they manufacture—as would the placebo effects from those drugs!
Perhaps it was the wine—a favorite bottle from the Rhone Valley— that stimulated my question. Or maybe it was the spring air. Fran and I were just finishing a lovely pasta and homemade pesto dinner on our deck, our table framed by pots of bright red geraniums. As though on cue, a huge heron had flown by moments ago, its wings pumping air in slow motion. |
Andreas Moritz
See book keywords and concepts | | And how many have had undergone blood transfusions or contracted once in their life a virus that causes malaria, hepatitis B and C, tuberculosis, glandular fever, syphilis, and many other conditions? Again, millions of them! All of these millions of people, if tested for HIV, are likely to test positive because they will have developed antibodies for the harmless retrovirus p24 in their blood. As we shall see, sexual intercourse between heterosexuals is not the reason for spreading HIV. | | It has been proven that blood transfusions can bring up false-positive HIV test results. In a study published in the Lancet, patients showed the presence of large quantities of HIV antibodies in their blood immediately after blood transfusion, decreasing thereafter. One healthy volunteer who received six consecutive blood injections at four-day intervals tested HIV-negative after the first injection, but with each subsequent transfusion the HIV-positive antibody response increased. | | The risk groups for failing blood transfusions are found among the very young and the very old, and those who are severely injured.
Under normal circumstances, healthy people never get a blood transfusion. They are given only to people who have already suffered from long-standing illnesses or after traumatic medical intervention, such as surgery. Anesthesia alone acts as an immune-suppressant, and the same applies to antibiotics administered after surgery to ward off infectious microbes. | | Those who have long histories of various opportunistic infections or used "poppers" regularly in the past, or had anal sex, received blood transfusions and took poisonous addictive drugs, belong to the risk group for AIDS, with or without HIV. Because all these factors severely damage the immune system, the individuals being in this risk group are the most likely candidates to "acquire" the Human Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
The health risks specific for each group are responsible for the particular types of diseases. | | Another source of false-positive results from HIV tests is the large variety of antibodies which people produce after undergoing blood transfusions, or when exposed to foreign semen and virus material during homosexual activity, and after taking drugs. Drug users and homosexuals are known to make many more antibodies than the average person does. The chances that they become victims of a false positive AIDS test are, therefore, more likely than not.
What all this basically means is that there is no reliable way of telling how many people are infected with the HIV virus. |
Ron Garner
See book keywords and concepts |  Cassel relates two incidents of people who successfully restored their blood count and platelet levels back to normal by drinking one pint of liquid chlorophyll the night before scheduled blood transfusions.41
Chlorophyll helps to build red blood cells, which carry oxygen to every cell of the body. Adding chlorophyll to our diets, especially healing diets, reduces acid in the system, enhances immunity, calms the nervous system, aids the detoxification of organs (particularly the liver), and helps to remove drug deposits and heavy metals. |
Bottom Line Health
See book keywords and concepts | | Heart patients in the United States receive more blood transfusions than heart patients in many other countries, which may indicate that doctors in this country are too liberal in recommending this procedure, researchers say.
THE RESEARCH
Researchers at Duke Clinical Research Institute in Durham, North Carolina, analyzed 24,000 patient records from 16 countries and found that transfusion rates for US heart patients were 84% higher than in Europe, 72% higher than in Canada, 70% higher than in Australia, New Zealand and Latin America, and 38% higher than in Asia. | | Who should consider testing: People who received blood transfusions or organ transplants prior to 1992 (when the blood supply was not screened for HCV).. .health-care workers who get accidental needle sticks.. .intravenous drug users .. .those who have had multiple sex partners.
Cost: $70 to $100 for an ELISA test.. .approximately $100 for an HCV RNA test.
•Pancreatic cancer. |
Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  Patients are rarely told that blood transfusions may contain dozens of viruses that are never included in screening programs.
After surgery, you will have one or more IV infusions in your arm, dripping more sugar water plus antibiotics and other medication, but no nutrients. At that time, the stress of surgery and anesthesia, plus the pain, all combine to increase adrenal stress hormone release, mainly Cortisol and epinephrine. These hormones will depress your immunity and increase metabolism. |
Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  People with severe thalassemia who receive regular blood transfusions become overloaded with iron (page 540), which increases damaging free radical (page 467) activity and lowers antioxidant (page 467) levels in their bodies.23,24> 25'26 Some people with milder forms of thalassemia may also have iron overload.27 Iron supplements should be avoided by people with thalassemia unless iron deficiency (page 278) is diagnosed. Preliminary studies have found that oral supplements of 200 to 600 IU per day of vitamin E (page 609) reduce free radical damage to red blood cells in thalassemia patients. | | Supplementation with iron prior to surgery was found in a controlled trial to reduce the need for blood transfusions, whether or not iron deficiency was present.49 Iron (page 540) supplements (99 mg per day) given before and for two months after joint surgery in another controlled trial improved blood values but did not change the length of hospitalization or the risk of post-operative fever. | | Pre-operative iron supplementation in combination with a medication that stimulates red blood cell production in the bone marrow is considered by some doctors to be an effective way to minimize the need for post-operative blood transfusions.51
Vitamin C (page 604) deficiency can be detrimental to immune function (page 255) in hospitalized patients,52 and one study found that half of surgery patients recovering at home had low dietary intakes of vitamin C. |
James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D.
See book keywords and concepts |  The main causes of hepatitis C infection worldwide include unscreened blood transfusions and the reuse of needles and syringes that have not been adequately sterilized. In developed countries, it is estimated that 90 percent of people with chronic HCV infection are current and/or former injecting drug users or those with a history of transfusion of unscreened blood or blood products. Hepatitis C can also be transmitted by sexual activity and from mother to infant. It is estimated that 3 percent of the world's population (170 million people) are chronically infected with hepatitis C virus. |
Jack Challem
See book keywords and concepts |  In addition, frequent blood transfusions may boost iron levels, as might iron-containing supplements, which could lead to further free-radical damage to red blood cells.
A cell study at the Philadelphia Biomedical Research Institute tested the effects of green tea extract and aged garlic extract on sickle-cell dehydration, which exacerbates blood-cell damage and may increase clotting. Epigallocatechin gallate, a major antioxidant component of green tea extract, almost completely inhibited sickle-cell dehydration. The garlic extract reduced dehydration by 30 percent. |
Kevin Trudeau
See book keywords and concepts |  How many hundreds of thousands of people received blood transfusions and are now HIV positive, all in the name of profits for the drug companies? This was front-page news reported on major television networks.
The tobacco industry knew as early as 1950 that cigarette smoking would cause disease and deaths. They hid this information and lied about it, even in front of Congress, for over fifty years. The tobacco industry hid the truth that they knew about the dangers of their product, falsified documents, and lied about it for almost fifty years. |
Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D.
See book keywords and concepts | | Vitamin C (page 604) in the amount of 2 grams per day was reported in a preliminary trial to prevent hepatitis infection in individuals receiving blood transfusions.20 This report was followed up by a double-blind trial, in which 3.2 grams per day of vitamin C was reported to have no protective effect against post-transfusion hepatitis.21 (However, in the latter trial, vitamin C actually reduced the incidence of hepatitis by 29%, although this reduction was not statistically significant.) An older trial suggested that injections of vitamin C may be helpful in treating viral hepatitis. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
See book keywords and concepts |  Because blood transfusions are sometimes required during surgery, explore the possibility of storing your own blood for use during the operation. By using your own blood, you will avoid the risk of contracting hepatitis or another bloodborne disease.
Q Many operations require that you be shaved. The infection rate is lower for patients who are shaved the day of surgery when compared with those who are shaved the night before.
Q Add fiber to your diet. It ensures better intestinal tract function.
Q Check with your surgeon before using any treatments at home prior to surgery. | | Hepatitis B virus (HBV), also referred to as serum hepatitis, is spread through contact with infected blood (for example, from mother to child at birth or through the use of contaminated syringes, needles, and transfused blood) from adults to children living together in close contact, through sexual activity, and through blood transfusions. Most people—85 percent—recover from hepatitis B, although 15 percent go on to develop cirrhosis or cancer of the liver.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV), the most serious form of hepatitis, accounts for approximately 10,000 deaths a year in America. | | Blood transfusions given before routine testing for HCV are presumed to be the main cause of the rising number of people infected with HCV. Malnutrition and chronic inflammation can also lead to liver malfunction.
In the early stages, symptoms of cirrhosis of the liver may include constipation or diarrhea, fever, upset stomach, fatigue, weakness, poor appetite, generalized itching, weight loss, enlarged liver, vomiting, red palms, and swelling of the abdomen and legs. Those in the later stages of the disease may develop anemia, bruising due to bleeding under the skin, jaundice, and edema. | | Still, according to the American Association of Blood Banks, HIV currently infects only 1 in 676,000 recipients through blood transfusions.
It is possible for dentists and medical workers who come into close contact with the bodily fluids of infected persons to become infected under certain conditions. This is why paramedics, emergency medical technicians, dentists and dental hygienists, hospital and clinic employees, emergency room personnel, and law enforcement officers wear rubber gloves to prevent contact with blood products or saliva. The practice of wearing gloves also protects patients. |
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