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Across China this summer, cities are witnessing record breaking hot temperatures. This heat wave is particularly bad news for the thousands across the country who require blood transfusions each day. BON’s Kelda Yuen has more on the desperation faced by China’s blood centers to meet the demand for blood during these peak days of summer.
An openly gay blood donor is suing a Beijing Red Cross Center after it turned down his offer to donate blood. The man, who works in publishing and uses the pen name Wang Zizheng, said he was gay in a health questionnaire filled out when he went to donate blood last month. He was then told he could not be a donor.
Since a hospital in central China this week confirmed that more than 80 people has been infected with HIV/AIDS from contaminated blood it used in the mid-1990s, fears over the safety of blood transfusions have been reignited.
In the most Hubei case the victims were all infected after getting blood at one hospital in the province of between 1996 and 1997. Some unknowingly passed the virus on to their spouses or children, bringing the total number infected to above 100.
The contaminated blood came from poor rural farmers donated blood for money in Henan province. While the infections over 12 years ago the truth has only come to light now. So just how safe do people in China today feel about blood transfusions. Well, we went out and asked just that - in today's Straight from the Street.
Mention China and blood transfusions and many Americans’ thoughts will turn to the tainted blood scandals of the 1990s which led to huge numbers of HIV infections. And even today the country’s vast blood service still has its problems. But as BON’s Neela Eyunni reports, a new trend in blood transfusions is helping to reduce costs and increase safety for patients – by getting them to help themselves.
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Dr Li Zhi will teach you how to use points on your body to help reduce high blood pressure. If you often feel dizzy, please visit your family doctor as soon as possible to have your blood pressure measured.
If your systolic blood pressure is more than 140 millimeter mercury, and your diastolic blood pressure more than 90 millimeter mercury, you are likely to be suffering from hypertension.
You can use Chinese acupuncture to find the quchi point. To find it, first bend your left arm to 90 degrees. You will see a line form in the crook of the elbow. At the end of the crease, on the outside of your elbow, is the point. To treat high blood pressure, put drops of skin cream or olive oil on this point, then use your right thumb to massage this point. Move your thumb in a circular motion, for about five minutes. If the spot feels uncomfortable, swollen, or even sore, don’t worry, because that’s normal. Then repeat the process on the other arm. This is especially helpful in the morning, when one’s blood pressure is at its highest. Practice this exercise every morning and every evening. With long-term repetition this method can help stabilize your blood pressure.