Comment on xkcd #2929: Good and Bad Ideas

FMT99@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, for people with hemochromatosis (too much iron in the blood) the main treatment is still bloodletting.

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  • deweydecibel@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Or go piss off Magneto

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• FireTower@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, it’s still practiced. But the whole four humors thing is a bit old hat.

  I think there’s a few of these misplaced. Heeleys>transition lens.

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  • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And also often in such cases, blood donation is suggested instead.

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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Heelys>transition lens.

    I dunno, seems kinda unrelated…

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• chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Also leeches are used to help veins heal after reattaching fingers/ears/other dangly bits, which is a form of bloodletting

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• IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah it can reduce PFAS levels in your system. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2790905

  Though better to just donate that blood than let it go to waste.

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• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Didn’t Paul McCartney write a song about blood letting?

  🎵if this ever-changing world in which we’re living makes you give in to neeed… Live and let bleed!🎵

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