How does plasma donation work?

Question:

I am considering plasma donation and was wondering about the process - is it painful, how long does it take, etc?

Answers:
There's two ways, one arm and two arm... the process is pretty much the same. They draw the blood out of your arm, centrifuge it to seperate the parts, keep the plasma and then pump the red cells back into your bloodstream. One are takes longer because it only has one needle, so it has to withdraw, seperate, and put back in, then start the cycle over. Two-arm is faster because it can continually draw from one arm, while continually replacing into the other.

It doesn't hurt anymore than giving blood, which is really just a needle prick.

Well, they pump some saline into you at the end to replace lost fluids, and if it's really cold it's one of the weirdest feelings ever.

You donate plasma when you donate blood. They just separate it. It doesn't hurt and doesn't take more than 30 minutes. Afterwards, you might feel a little dizzy because you have low blood sugar, and that's why they give you cookies and juice.

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