DumbbellDiva92
DumbbellDiva92 t1_je00yyx wrote
Reply to comment by musicmad-123 in TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.) by WouldbeWanderer
This lady might also just be an outlier. I’m not convinced having the same limit for men and women like we do in the US is actually a good idea. I know I got anemic when I tried to donate as often as allowed. At minimum, periodic ferritin testing should be implemented if they are going to keep the recovery time that low.
DumbbellDiva92 t1_jdzd7m1 wrote
Reply to comment by Echo71Niner in TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.) by WouldbeWanderer
IMO the American standard probably isn’t the best, feel like a lot of women would quickly become anemic by these standards. I know I did.
OTOH guess this lady did fine every 56 days? Maybe with really regular donors like that we should just be investing in periodic ferritin testing rather than focusing on setting an arbitrary timeline.
DumbbellDiva92 t1_jdy5jjy wrote
Reply to comment by Echo71Niner in TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.) by WouldbeWanderer
Assuming she is American. It’s 56 days regardless of sex here.
DumbbellDiva92 t1_jdy4uyw wrote
Reply to comment by Carbon_Rod in TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.) by WouldbeWanderer
Yeah I had to cut back to twice a year or so. Also heard in some other countries the time between donations is longer for women.
DumbbellDiva92 t1_jbo3x1b wrote
Reply to comment by AdSweaty8557 in TIL that actor Red Foxx was only 49 when he starred in Sandford & Son. He wore makeup to look older. by SaltyDogBill
The real TIL is always in the comments.
DumbbellDiva92 t1_j0uwlwb wrote
Reply to TIL that The sex of birds is determined by the Z and W sex chromosomes, rather than by the X and Y chromosomes present in mammals. Male birds have two Z chromosomes (ZZ), and female birds have a W chromosome and a Z chromosome (WZ). by treeofliife
Is there a Z-inactivation gene in male birds the same way there is X-inactivation in female mammals?
DumbbellDiva92 t1_je03wlc wrote
Reply to comment by musicmad-123 in TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.) by WouldbeWanderer
They test our hemoglobin before as well but that’s different from ferritin. Think you need more blood for that (can’t just use a finger prick), but you can sometimes have iron deficiency that doesn’t show up by that (but would show up as low ferritin).