2023-05-22 19:00:37
- Patients with bleeding disorders and diseases, hemophilia, or thrombocytopenic purpura require continuous plasma transfusion to maintain their quality of life.
- Four components are extracted from a single blood donation and the same number of people benefit.
- At the national level, in 2022, 325,194 liters of blood were collected in banks and collection centers of the Third Level of Care.
There are issues in which Mexico is quite behind with respect to the rest of the world. Blood donations are the clearest example because this habit does not exist among the population and when the vital liquid is provided it is out of obligation and not on their own initiative.
With this in mind, specialists from the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) They urge the population to participate in this practice because with a single blood donation it is possible to benefit four patients who require this vital element in the treatment of diseases or after surgery.
The above is generated because in the medical units of the Third Level of care it is reported that only between one and two percent of blood donations are altruistic. While in the rest of the Institutions the panorama is not very different.
Work done during 2022
In 10 Blood Banks and six IMSS collection centers, which belong to High Specialty Medical Units (UMAE) in Mexico City, Coahuila, Sonora, Nuevo León, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Puebla, Mérida and Veracruz, in 2022 they were collected 325 thousand 194 liters of blood, in order to give continuity to the attention of the rightful habitant.
Dr. Martín Domínguez Hernández, clinical pathologist at the Blood Bank of the National Medical Center (CMN) La Raza, highlighted that when blood is extracted from a donor, four components are obtained, erythrocyte, platelet and leukocyte concentrate, as well as plasma. The latter has a greater amount of coagulation factors for transfusion support in patients with bleeding.
He explained that the Social Security uses plasma for the treatment of hemorrhagic diseases, bleeding disorders due to coagulation factor deficiencies, hemophilia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, and in surgeries for patients who need to restore their coagulation process.
“These are common ailments, patients constantly arrive at the Transfusion Unit where we mainly support the pediatric population. Plasma can be used prophylactically for patients with some pathology who do not have active bleeding, and therapeutically, for those who require constant transfusions due to a continuous bleeding process; between two and three packages per week”.
Plasmapheresis, what is it and how does it work?
Dr. Domínguez Hernández indicated that in addition to the blood donationit is also possible to obtain plasma through the process of plasmapheresisa machine that separates plasma from blood cells in 30 minutes.
“All the blood donors that enter this unit are donating plasma at the same time; At Banco de Sangre La Raza we have an average donation per day of 180 effective donors, in both shifts”.
He added that in the case of women who have been pregnant or people who have received a transfusion, plasma cannot be used, since they can form antibodies irregularly and affect the person who will receive the blood through a transfusion reaction.
“The call to the population is to have a culture of donation in an altruistic, voluntary way; It is important that all Mexican citizens know what the donation is about and all the benefits that are obtained from a blood donor, we can help four people and we can save four lives”.
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