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[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

are people will long covid trying to donate blood?

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lotta people out there selling blood and plasma to survive. Also, long covid comes in many degrees of severity, many people may not know they have it.

[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

true. i was thinking that the last thing i want to do when i feel like shit is have blood taken

[–] sappho@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's a weird thing that some people with LC have where large blood draws lead to symptom relief for hours/days/weeks. Probably something something microclots or inflammatory something being removed temporarily, or maybe the body's response to injury...? No one knows, we're all just speculating. But it happened to me personally after a big blood test and then I was seriously looking into donating blood regularly, or, alternatively, nurturing a crop of medicinal leeches at home.

[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] sappho@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

It's truly strange. Hard to believe sometimes that it's 2024 and I'm bedbound from the plague and looking into bloodletting

[–] nothx@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

The better question is how many people actually give a shit about long Covid?