 |
 |
> I did wonder how many people with PD have been blood donors all their > lives, as Bob was. > Is there something about giving blood -- that is the body having to be > catching up each few months??? I don't know, just thinking out loud. > Joy Graham Actually, I've read that giving blood is good for you. For some reason, there is a lower incidence of heart attacks in blood donors. Since a healthy body can replace blood cells and volume in matter of days, and blood donation has no decernible neurological effects, it is highly questionable that PD would result from routine blood donation. A far more probable cause of your husband's PD may indeed be the fact that he was a firefighter. As he well knews, firefighters come in contact with many toxic (most are unidentified) in the process of fighting fires. ----- Regards Mary Ann