Phlebotomy
is considered as being one of the most safe outpatient procedures which
involves removal of a predetermined amount of blood from the body of an
individual. This removal of a predetermined amount of blood sample is
administered using a normal saline solution.
Why is there need for Phlebotomy?
The
RBCs (Red Blood Cells) present with in the blood are considered vital for
collecting oxygen from the lungs and delivering to all other parts of the body.
When ever a person suffers from cyanotic congenital heart disease the amount of
oxygen which enters the blood is not enough. Thus the body increases the
production of RBCs in an attempt to compensate. This condition in medical terms
is named as erythrocytosis.
As
with due to the increase in RBCs the blood starts to becomes thick which leads
to symptoms causing fatigue, headaches, faintness, dizziness, tingling of
fingers, blurred and double vision. The major goal of phlebotomy
is to provide relieve to a patient against all these symptoms. Each patient is
more likely to develop different symptoms as the result of this disease. Hence
a doctor is the one who monitors the blood flow and the amount of hemoglobin
and hematocrit present in the blood of a patient.
