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How are harmful bacteria germs and worn out blood cells in the blood filtered and removed?

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How are harmful bacteria germs and worn out blood cells in the blood filtered and removed?

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There shouldn’t be any harmful bacteria in your blood but if there were it would most likely be filtered out into the lymph and then destroyed by phagocytosis in the lymphnodes. As for RBC’s over approx. 120 days old, they are filtered out in the kidneys.