Friday, May 6, 2022

Blood Donation Facts | Who can donate - Who Cant Donate - Jc Dr A Tamizha Karthic, ZC Need Blood Call Jaycees

When can you donate blood?

Men can donate blood once in three months; Women can donate once in four months.

Who can donate blood?

§  If you are aged between 18 and 60, you can donate blood, irrespective of your gender.

§  Your body should not weigh less than 45 kg.

§  Your haemoglobin level should be normal – that is, 12.5 gm/cent.

§  Blood pressure  must be under check. If you are not aware of your blood pressure, don’t worry. At the camps they quickly check whether the blood pressure is at the aceptable level.

§  If you even have the slightest doubt that you are infected by Hepatitis, HIV, AIDS or any other venereal disease, you should not donate blood.

§  If you have suffered from diarrhea, jaundice, malaria, dengue, donate blood after a gap of six months, only when you completely recover.

§  If you have swollen glands, persistent coughs, transfused blood or have had a any major surgery or dental extraction, you need to take doctor’s advice before donating blood.

§  If you have tattoos imprinted recently, or have used drugs like cocaine and ganja (drugs that are prohibited by Indian Law) doctors recommend you to take a gap of six months. This is because, if the needles / syringes used are not clean enough, you have the chances of contracting HIV which would be detected only after a few months.

§  If you have been vaccinated for Cholera, Typhoid, Diptheria, Tetanus or plague or taken a Gamma Globulin shot within last 15 days, you should not donate blood.

§  An interval of a year is recommended in case you have undergone a major or minor surgery, or you or your close relatives have suffered from typhoid, jaundice, chickangunya fever, rabies vaccine or hepatitis.

§  If it has been five years since your recovery from cancer and have completed your treatment, then you can donate blood provided you show you are medically fit.

Who should not donate?

§  People suffering from serious ailments should completely refrain themselves from donating blood. These include heart, lung, liver, kidney (Chronic Nephritis), allergic and sexuallly transmitted disease, any type of cancer, tuberculosis, epilepsy, asthma, schizophrenia or endocrine disorder, abnormal bleeding, fainting spells and leprosy or diabetic patients under the control of insulin should not donate blood.

§  People who have history of various types of cancers such as leukaemia , myeloma, lymphoma cannot donate blood.

§  People who frequent sex workers or those having multiple sex partners should maintain a gap of six months without having sex, again because of chances of contracting venereal diseases.

§  Persons with single sex partners (married men/women who don’t resort to unsafe sex practices can donate blood.

When shouldn’t women donate blood

§  When they have low level of haemoglobin

§  When they are underweight

§  When they are pregnant

§  When they are breastfeeding the baby and baby isn’t weaned out

§  A minimum wait of 10 days is advised after menstrual period, before donating blood, as body loses high amount of blood and weight during those days.

Once you know that you are eligible to donate blood, here are a few precautions to be taken before and after donating blood.

 

Regards
Jc Dr A Tamizha Karthic

Zone Trainer

ZC, Need Blood Call Jaycees

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