How Much Blood in Our Bodies?

New York- For the body, the blood has many functions ranging from food juices circulate to carry oxygen throughout the body. But did you know there is how much the amount of blood in our bodies?

In adults there are 4,5 - 5,5 liters of blood as disclosed hematologist and oncologist from the University of Florida Cancer Center, Daniel Landau.

Then, if there is no blood in the body, doctors Landau revealed the weight can be decreased by 9-10 percent. For example a

person weighing 54 kg, when there was no blood in his body weight decreased by approximately 4.4 to 5.5 kg.

In children aged 5-6 years, it was the amount of blood the same as adults. However, because the bodies of the children were little and the muscles, bones, and the organ is not as heavy as the percentage of adults make more blood than adults.

But in infants, it is a little amount of blood. For example, babies born weighing 2.3 to 3.6 kg only had one cup or about 0.2 liters of blood in his body. The same amount of blood with the blood contained in the body of a cat weighing 4.5 kg as revealed veterinarian Greg Nelson.

Then when the adults to donate blood, health officials took about half a liter of blood. after the blood is taken, the body continues to produce new red blood cells in the bone marrow. But it takes time to be able to produce red blood cells that recently.

"That's why you can not donate blood as often, having to wait for the blood to recover. Usually about four to six weeks," said Landau in Live Science,

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