New Trend Press Release: no blood after CFS
Gendringen - April 22, 2010.
More and more countries exclude those ME / CFS have been out of blood donation. Following is the XMRV retrovirus that is found in this patient group. Earlier this month it was announced that ex-patients in Canada no longer allowed to donate blood. NZPA news agency reported yesterday that New Zealand will follow this example. Australia is also considering revising its guidelines for bloeddonatie.Nederland has no further action after the publication of Science in October 2009. It was first reported XMRV in ME / CFS. "At present there is insufficient scientific basis for the
policy change, "said a spokesman for Ortho Sanquin Blood Supply Foundation in this matter. The medical questionnaire, which ME / CFS is not mentioned as a ground for exclusion for donation, is not adjusted.
While the spokesman notes that potential donors are always a conversation with a doctor. "The inquires about health. And people who are sick, can not give blood. "That the American researchers have found XMRV retrovirus in the blood of Dutch ME / CFS patients, did not alter the development of Sanquin. Thus, the Reuters reported Tuesday.
Researchers at UMC St. Radboud concealed these U.S. findings in a scientific publication, such as Ortho unveiled last week. In the same blood samples, the Nijmegen researchers found no trace of XMRV.Patinten, professionals and the media from today the latest news on ME / CFS, XMRV (and blood transfusion)
www.voedingenpsyche.nl follow. This is the website of the Congressional Food & Psyche, which this year entirely in
will be devoted to CFS
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