That's just one use case, obviously, so there is a system for some to get rid of excess blood, at least, in a similar manner as you would donate.
That's just one use case, obviously, so there is a system for some to get rid of excess blood, at least, in a similar manner as you would donate.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30808856
[1] https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/blood-donation-pr...
It turns out I didn't have hemochromatosis. It was merely a bit high, but knowing that I donated so often (both whole blood and platelets, which you can do more often), there was concern that the "self-treatment" was covering up a real problem.
I had not heard at the time that they wouldn't have wanted my blood. It was over a decade ago, and it's possible that the policy didn't exist then.
It amused me very much at the time to think that "bloodletting" might, in fact, be medically prescribed.