Facts about blood

Red color fluid of body in human and animals delivers necessary substances called blood. blood contain nutrients and oxygen in it. we present you some interesting facts about blood .

1. how blood is made in body 

blood is made in two part  liquid part and solid part . liquid part of blood is called plasma and plasma is  made of  water, salts, and protein. solid part is made of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.

2. Types of blood cells

There are three major types of blood cell

1. Red blood cells (Erythrocytes)
2. White blood cells (Leukocytes)
3. Platelets (Thrombocytes)

3.Red blood cells transport oxygen and carbon dioxide

4. White blood cells (Leukocytes) is protecting the body against both infectious disease and foreign invaders.

5. The blood platelets are the smallest cells of the blood, averaging about 2 to 4 μm in diameter.

6. The principal function of platelets is to prevent bleeding.

7. The blood platelets are the smallest cells of the blood, Platelets are only about 20% of the diameter of red blood cells. it has 2 to 4 μm in diameter. 

8. One pint of donated blood can save up to 3 lives.

9. An average-sized man has about 12 pints of blood in his body.

10. Your heart pumps all day to circulate blood around the body.

11. Blood in need of oxygen from around the body travels in the veins to the heart.

12. 10.46 million people die in every year due to High Blood Pressure.

13. 5.61 million people die in every year due to High Blood Sugar.

14. Every half second some one need urgent blood in the world.

15. The blood type most often requested by hospitals is Type O.

16. A single car accident victim can require as many as 100 units of blood.

17. About 6 lakh litres of blood is wasted as per last year.

18. O negative donors are the “Universal Donor.” People with O negative blood are universal red blood cell donors.

19. A healthy donor may donate red blood cells every 56 days.

20. 1818: First Recorded Human-to-Human Transfusion. British obstetrician and physiologist James Blundell performs the first recorded human-to-human blood transfusion.

There are many more information about blood and its components, thanks for reading. “A life may depend on a gesture from you, a bottle of Blood.”