Simran Vinaik
Last Activity: 7 Years ago
Blood transfusion cannot cause hormonal imbalance as they are short lived and get denatured during storage. Also they are lost if the target organ does not exist. Specific components of blood namely RBCs, platelets, plasma are given to the patient according to the disease or need.
On centrifuging whole blood hormones separate out in the plasma layer hence, the question of hormones of the donor entering the bloodstream of the receiver does not come up if the person is given a component(RBC, PLATELETS) other than plasma. Hence, the chance of hormonal imbalance in the receiver is ruled out post blood transfusion.