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when would it not be possible to give blood?
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Copy and past this link poppy... think most of the excluded categories are listed via the link on this page.
http://www.blood.co.uk/pages/flash_questions.html
http://www.blood.co.uk/pages/flash_questions.html
I was told they would no longer be able to accept a donation from me when I was diagnosed with MS some years ago. I'd been a donor for years and wanted to continue, so I asked why. They said they knew MS wasn't contagious, but there was still doubt as to its cause so they couldn't take the risk. Seems a shame, since I was happy to carry on, having already donated about 40 times in the past, and since the doctors were quite convinced MS is not contagious. Still, that's life.
The exclusion parameters have been tightened up considerably in recent years, due to concerns over the risks of transfusion transmissable diseases.
If you have received a transfusion, you do have an increased risk of having been infected with something like Hepatitis C,ror even HIV, remote though this possibiity now is, so are therefore are excluded from consideration as being a blood donor.
There are other reasons; You may, having been transfused, have developed antibodies to certain blood subgroups, which may cause complications, if they wished to use your blood for a transfusion.
If you have received a transfusion, you do have an increased risk of having been infected with something like Hepatitis C,ror even HIV, remote though this possibiity now is, so are therefore are excluded from consideration as being a blood donor.
There are other reasons; You may, having been transfused, have developed antibodies to certain blood subgroups, which may cause complications, if they wished to use your blood for a transfusion.
Just wanted to add, if anyone is thinking of donating blood and there is absolutely no reason why they can't give blood please do. It could be one of the greatest gifts you ever give. I am so greatful to the people that took the time to make a donation for the units that I recieved. I just wish I could give some back.
I agree with Why??, giving blood is one of the finest things you can do. You're helping someone, maybe even saving their life, before they need your help and without knowing who they are, or anything at all about them. It could be a child, or a person of a different faith (or none at all), or someone that speaks a different language. Beneath the obvious differences, the one thing they all have in common is flesh and blood.
Giving blood is a selfless act, and such a simple one. Assuming you can, you should not only give blood, you should go out of your way to do it. Ask how often you can donate and make a point of doing it, rather than waiting for a reminder letter to come through the letterbox. And as a reward you get a nice warm feeling of having done something worthwhile (even though it was quick and easy), and the knowledge that somewhere, in some operating theatre, your donated blood could literally mean the difference between life and death for a complete stranger. What a powerful gift!
If more people focussed on positive things like donating blood, things that benefit rather than divide, there'd be a whole lot less killing and bombing going on round the world. Yes, it's only a little thing, it's painless, and it's over in half-an-hour, but it's valuable and constructive. I wonder how many dimwits and morons, sitting in their miserable hiding places, attaching timing devices to explosives, actually bother to donate blood. None, I guess. Too busy spilling it. A perfect example of stupidity in action.
Giving blood is a selfless act, and such a simple one. Assuming you can, you should not only give blood, you should go out of your way to do it. Ask how often you can donate and make a point of doing it, rather than waiting for a reminder letter to come through the letterbox. And as a reward you get a nice warm feeling of having done something worthwhile (even though it was quick and easy), and the knowledge that somewhere, in some operating theatre, your donated blood could literally mean the difference between life and death for a complete stranger. What a powerful gift!
If more people focussed on positive things like donating blood, things that benefit rather than divide, there'd be a whole lot less killing and bombing going on round the world. Yes, it's only a little thing, it's painless, and it's over in half-an-hour, but it's valuable and constructive. I wonder how many dimwits and morons, sitting in their miserable hiding places, attaching timing devices to explosives, actually bother to donate blood. None, I guess. Too busy spilling it. A perfect example of stupidity in action.
