Blood

Blood Donation

* Why Do I need to Donate Blood?

* What are the steps involved in blood donation?

* Are there any known side effects of blood donation?

* Is blood donation time-consuming?

* Who should not donate blood?

Why Do I need to Donate Blood?

Blood is very important in many medical operations such as in serious accidents, organ transplants and supporting patients with blood-related disease like haemophilia (a disease that prevents blood from clotting).

Most hospitals and medical centers are always having a shortage of blood due to a lack of donors. This had often resulted in delayed surgeries, operations and treatments, which can lead to complications and even death in patients.

Just as you would want aid from other in times of emergency, it is important that we help to save the lives of others as well. | |

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What are the steps involved in blood donation?

Before going for blood donation, please remember to have a good meal. The hospital/organization involved would ask you to fill in a form in regards to your age, health status, family history etc, to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases amongst the patients.

Next, a brief physical exam would be given whereby the doctors would test for blood pressure, pulse, temperature and any other irregularities that should be found within the blood.

You will be asked to be seated in a reclining chair and place yourself in a position that you find most comfortable in. A needle would be injected into your vein and a unit of blood would be drawn from you and stored immediately to prevent contamination. After the process, donors are usually served refreshments to replenish their loss blood while remaining seated. | |

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Are there any known side effects of blood donation?

No. Till date, there has been no medical proof of the side effects that blood donation might bring. Many have gone through the process without a hinch and from then saved the lives of million others....