Blood Donation: According to WHO, about 118.4 million blood donations are collected every year all over the world. About 11.5 million blood donations are received from India, whereas the requirement of 13.5 million blood donations is required i.e. about 20 lakh donations still remain lacking in India. There are many misconceptions among the people regarding blood donation, due to which this shortage is not being fulfilled. So let’s know the benefits of blood donation and who can donate blood.
Benefits of donating blood
- Regular blood donation also reduces the risk of cancer and other diseases, as it flushes out toxins.
- Blood donation reduces the risk of heart attack. Doctors believe that donation dilutes the blood, which is good for the heart.
- After donating blood, bone marrow makes new red cells, it also provides health.
- Weight management is also possible by donating blood.
- By donating blood, the amount of iron in the body remains under control. If the amount of iron in the body is excessive, then dangerous diseases like cancer can occur.
- In a research, it has been claimed that donating blood every three months also strengthens the immune system.
Dr. Parampreet Kaur, Consultant- Blood Centre, Columbia Asia Hospital, Palam Vihar, Gurgaon says, “The pandemic and vaccination have raised the possibility of a decrease in the number of people donating blood in the coming months. India is already facing a severe shortage of blood units due to low demand and blood donors and this shortage will only increase in the coming months.Due to the lockdown at the national level, blood camps are getting less, Due to which the number of blood units is also decreasing.It was advised by the National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC) that the service of blood donation should be continued with due caution, yet the blood donation declined.
When the government announced the introduction of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18, the NBTC had previously issued an order that a person can donate blood “only 28 days after the last dose of the COVID-19 vaccine”. Might be worth it. Since this 28-day time frame has been questioned by many medical experts, the National Expert Group on Vaccination for COVID-19 has now come up with a new recommendation that anyone can donate blood after 14 days of getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Or he can donate blood after 14 days after recovering from Kovid and RT-PCR test negative.
These people can donate blood
- All healthy people aged 18 to 65
- The body temperature and pulse should be normal during donation.
- People who weigh more than 45 kg
- Women who have stopped feeding their baby. Or whose It’s been a year since the delivery.
- Vaccines such as cholera, typhoid, tetanus etc. should not have been administered till 15 days before blood donation.
- People with normal BP, whose hemoglobin is more than 12.5 grams.
- Malaria has not been treated for three months prior to donation.
- One year after getting rabies vaccine
- Have not had any surgery for 12 months prior to donation.
- Have not got any tattoos done for six months before the donation.
- Don’t have Hepatitis B, C, Leprosy, TB or HIV.
- Do not have any type of cancer or heart disease.
- There should be no problem of drug addiction, genital ulcer or discharge.
- There should be no epilepsy, asthma, thalassemia, bleeding disorder.
- Have diabetes but are on oral medication and sugar is under control, patients taking insulin are not.
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