The term Phlebotomy is used to
refer to a medical procedure which involves removing the blood from an
individual with the use of needles. The other term used for phlebotomy
is termed as venesection, which involves extraction of blood through an
incision in to the vein. These procedures of phlebotomy are carried out either
by a nurse or a phlebotomist. There can be up to several reasons and purposes
for which phlebotomy can be carried out. These procedures of phlebotomy require
samples of the patient’s blood to be taken for analysis and diagnostics of
diseases. These procedures of phlebotomy are generally considered being a safe
and risk free procedure.
Purpose
of Phlebotomy:
The most common use of
Phlebotomy is to test the blood collected from patients. Diagnostic and
analysis is performed on the collected blood samples for the identification of
diseases. These procedures of Phlebotomy can even be performed from transfusion
of blood from one individual in to the other.
These procedures of Phlebotomy
can be also be used for treating patients having several blood disorders. The
procedures for phlebotomy utilized for this purpose is termed as therapeutic
phlebotomy. Patient suffering from disease of Polcythemia Vera also require
Phlebotomy. Polcythemia is a disease or a condition in which the red blood
cells on the blood gets increased. Phlebotomy is also used for treating
patients suffering from hepatitis B, C and hemochromatosis.
