Guest guest Posted February 17, 2006 Report Share Posted February 17, 2006 About Blood - 56 Facts About Blood and Blood Donation The average adult has 10 pints of blood in his or her body. One unit of blood is roughly the equivalent of one pint. Blood makes up about 7% of your body's ... http://www.bloodcenters.org/aboutblood/bloodfacts.htm - 23k - similar pages - add to favorites Iron Overload and Hemochromatosis: Treatment | DNPA | CDC The average healthy body has between 8 and 12 pints of blood, and can easily spare one! Is there anything special I need to do before my donation? ... http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/Pres/blooddrive.nsf/pages/faqs - 13k - similar pages - add to favorites Blood facts: DeGowin Blood Center: UI Health Care An adult of average weight has about 10 to 12 pints of blood. 3. A newborn baby has approximately one cup of blood in his/her body. ... http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/degowinbloodcenter/facts.html - 12k - similar pages - add to favorites Blood Facts - BloodBook, Blood Information for Life Jj Cathcart jjcathcart@... I sure hope you made a typo when you wrote you lost 12 pints of blood. I had a variceal bleed once and boy.it is a very scary thing. I am sorry you had a bleed. I was lucky in that I didn't; need a transfusion. My doc decided that it would be better to just keep me down, resting and eating to build my own back instead of chancing a transfusion.I hadn't lost all that much. Joanne C. By the way.to the gal with the yellow eyes....It sounds as if you need to buy some natural tears eye drops.helps with the dry itchy eyes we tend to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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