Today I'm talking about blood donation.
Magenta + white + yellow = red
Under normal circumstances it is nothing more than a mere color to us. But when this red color flows through our body in a liquid form, we call it blood.
Some important information about this blood:
Blood donation began in 1901 after the Austrian Carl Landsteiner discovered different blood groups.
The first blood bank was introduced during the First World War by Osheld Hope Robertson, an American Army officer.
Some tests are also done to see if the blood donor is suitable for blood donation.
Anemia
Jaundice
Pulse
Blood pressure
Body temperature
Weight
These are seen in all cases. Apart from this, the following tests are also done if necessary without screening.
Hemoglobin
Blood sugar or blood sugar levels
Serum creatinine
ECG
Pregnancy test
How many days after the blood can be given?
How many days an adult healthy person (minimum age 18) can donate blood depends on his physical condition as well as the law of the land. In the United States, for example, blood can be donated after at least eight weeks (56 days). In Bangladesh, it is considered safe to donate blood every three months.
How much blood can be given?
The body usually has five to six liters of blood. At the time of blood donation, we usually donate 400 to 450 ml of blood. The amount of liquid part of the blood taken, the liquid part becomes the same again in just 24 hours.
Special caution
Blood, especially platelets, should not be given while taking aspirin and aspirin. Such drugs should be stopped 48 hours before blood donation.
No energy drink should be consumed 24 hours before blood donation.
If you have any tattoos or tattoos on your body or if you have ear piercings or nose piercings, you can donate blood after two to four weeks.
Blood donation should not be allowed if you have been in or out of an area where there is an outbreak of malaria within a year or if you have been infected with malaria.
It is not advisable to give blood while taking antibiotics.
Blood can also be given while taking medicines: -
Medications to control blood pressure
Allergy medications
Diabetes medicine
Birth control pills
Cholesterol lowering drugs
Thyroid hormone or any other hormone replacement medication.
Those who can't donate blood: -
Cancer patients (however, basal cell carcinoma or in situ carcinoma serving - those in which the cancer has not spread to the body can donate blood.)
Those suffering from hemophilia
Those who have injected drugs at least once in their lives
Those who have been gay for at least once in their lives.
People who have ever tested positive for hepatitis B antigen may not be able to donate blood, even if it is negative.
Those who have HIV or AIDS.
Pregnant women.
Those who have excessive shortness of breath.
Who repeatedly suffer from diarrhea.
Those who have lost four kilograms in the last two months.
Those who have swollen glands (lymph nodes) in any part of the body. Especially in the neck, throat, glands under the hands.
# Some new rules regarding blood donation
1) Generally, blood can be donated from 18 to 65 years of age. But if the donor donates blood for the first time, the age should not exceed 60. Age of first donor should not exceed 60years.
2) There should be a gap between two blood donations, 90 days or three months for men, and 120 days or four months for women.
In case of single donor platelet, maximum donation can be made twice a week and maximum 24 times in a year.
3) Blood can be given if blood pressure is maximum 160/100 and minimum 110/60.
There is no barrier to donating blood even if the pressure medication is on, but ---
A) If the medicine has changed in the last four weeks or
B) If the dose of the drug varies in the last four weeks or
C) If the number of medicines is increased by the doctor in the last four weeks,
Blood cannot be given.
4) If you want to donate blood if you have diabetes, you have to keep the latest blood test report and medicine prescription with you. The same thing applies with thyroid disease.
5) Prisoners cannot donate blood.
6) Transgender or someone of the third sex, can not give blood. Transgenders and hermaphrodites cannot donate blood.
7) Physical disability is not an obstacle to donating blood. If he has no other disease and his hemoglobin level is right, any physically challenged person can donate blood.
8) No mentally handicapped person can donate blood.
9) Blood cannot be given for six months after minor operation or tooth extraction.
Blood cannot be given for one year after major operation, typhoid, jaundice.
In case of malaria, blood cannot be given for three months.
In case of dengue or chikungunya, blood cannot be given for six months.
A person with leprosy can never donate blood.
10) If you get a tattoo anywhere on the body, before six months of blood could not be given, now one year can not be given.
11) Cholesterol lowering drugs, uric acid control drugs, pain medications or fever medications do not prevent blood transfusions.
Blood cannot be given seventy-two hours before the end of the course while playing the antibiotic.
12) Blood should not be given within two weeks of getting hepatitis B vaccine.
Blood should not be given within two weeks of taking tetanus toxoid injection.
After being bitten by a dog or any other animal, the rabies vaccine cannot be given for one year.
13) Women can donate blood during menstruation, if there is not much discharge, and hemoglobin levels are right.
14) Women cannot give blood if they breastfeed their children.
Blood cannot be given within three months of abortion.
Blood cannot be given within one year of delivery.
15) Alcoholics cannot donate blood.
Blood cannot be given within twelve hours of drinking.
Regular and habitual drinkers cannot donate blood.
16) Blood cannot be given while fasting.
Again, blood cannot be given in full stomach. Blood should be given by eating something light. If you have a full stomach, you have to wait for at least two hours to give blood.
17) No foreign national's blood can be taken. Because, most of the time it is not possible to know the exact information about his permanent residence. If his residence is in a place where there is an outbreak of infectious diseases (endemic areas of communicable diseases), then blood protection will be compromised.
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