THE HUMAN IMMUNE SYSTEM
TRANSFUSION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Allergy
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Sepsis
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Fever
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Hemolysis
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Overcirculation
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Detailed explanation-1: -Too much blood in the body (transfusion overload). It can cause shortness of breath and other symptoms. The symptoms usually happen within a few hours to a day. It’s more common in people with heart problems. Taking diuretic medicine after a blood transfusion may prevent this problem.
Detailed explanation-2: -From a transfusion medicine perspective, the presence of anti-IgA in an IgA deficient recipient is a possible cause of anaphylactic transfusion reactions.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most common immediate adverse reactions to transfusion are fever, chills and urticaria. The most potentially significant reactions include acute and delayed haemolytic transfusion reactions and bacterial contamination of blood products.
Detailed explanation-4: -If ABO incompatible red cells are transfused, red cell haemolysis can occur. For example if group A red cells are infused into a recipient who is group O, the recipient’s anti-A antibodies bind to the transfused cells.