The main arguments used against blood transfusions are the sacredness of blood, and its importance to its owner. According to Jehovah’s Witness Vic Chambers, who was baptized in 1957, “The life is in the blood, the blood carries oxygen and removes poisons” so to take the blood from them is equivalent to taking their life from them. There is the claim that many things can go wrong during a blood transfusion, that you have a risk of contracting hepatitis and AIDS, or various other ways of contaminating the blood. Also, an assumption that your body automatically destroys any foreign blood anyway, so a blood transfusion is moot. The other side of this argument, the advantages of blood transfusions is that they are known worldwide for saving lives. During surgery, should a patient suffer extreme blood loss and their body is unable to produce enough blood on its own in time to save themselves, then uncontaminated, perfectly healthy blood of the same type will be used to help replenish their own supply. You can also receive a blood transfusion if you suffer from any incurable disease, such as cancer, blood disorders such as sickle cell anaemia, sever liver malfunction or gastrointestinal bleeding and a blood transfusion will treat these and deliver incredible amounts of relief to the patient once receiving
The main arguments used against blood transfusions are the sacredness of blood, and its importance to its owner. According to Jehovah’s Witness Vic Chambers, who was baptized in 1957, “The life is in the blood, the blood carries oxygen and removes poisons” so to take the blood from them is equivalent to taking their life from them. There is the claim that many things can go wrong during a blood transfusion, that you have a risk of contracting hepatitis and AIDS, or various other ways of contaminating the blood. Also, an assumption that your body automatically destroys any foreign blood anyway, so a blood transfusion is moot. The other side of this argument, the advantages of blood transfusions is that they are known worldwide for saving lives. During surgery, should a patient suffer extreme blood loss and their body is unable to produce enough blood on its own in time to save themselves, then uncontaminated, perfectly healthy blood of the same type will be used to help replenish their own supply. You can also receive a blood transfusion if you suffer from any incurable disease, such as cancer, blood disorders such as sickle cell anaemia, sever liver malfunction or gastrointestinal bleeding and a blood transfusion will treat these and deliver incredible amounts of relief to the patient once receiving