That doctor determined he had Lyme and babesiosis, caused by a parasite that destroys red blood cells.

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Some spoil in shipping red blood cells have a shelf life of 42 days, platelets 5 days some are wasted at hospitals.

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A1C is the amount of sugar that has attached to hemoglobin the substance that carries oxygen inside red blood cells in your blood.

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After blood passes into the mosquito gut, the parasites quickly turn into male and female forms the gametes and emerge from their hiding place inside the red blood cells to mate.

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But for nearly every field aside from the traditional professions, you better learn gatejumping the art of creating opportunity for yourself, without waiting for gatekeepers because the gates to the front door are getting splattered in deeper and deeper shades of red: the blood of people clawing each other to get into the narrowing gates of what they perceive (foolishly) as their only opportunity for economic security.

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The red stain on the cover that looks like blood is blood.

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