
TUESDAY, Sept. 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- It’s possible that the cause of spontaneous, recurring brain hemorrhages can be passed through blood transfusion, researchers say. The likelihood of this happening is very slim, however.Still, “blood transfusions are relatively common, which makes possible negative effects an important public health issue,†said study co-author Gustaf Edgren, a researcher at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. “However, in this case, it’s very unlikely that you’d suffer a brain hemorrhage from something transmitted through a transfusion,†Edgren added in an institute news release.A vascular disease called cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) involves proteins accumulating along the tiny blood vessels of the brain. Past research has shown that CAA...