Certain diseases such as hepatitis B and C, AIDS and syphilis permanently prevent blood donation, as these are diseases that can be transmitted through the blood, with a possible infection of the recipient.
In addition, there are also situations where you may not be able to donate temporarily, especially if you have risky behaviors such as multiple sexual partners or the use of illicit drugs that increase the risk of sexually transmitted diseases, if you have genital or cold sores, or if you have recently traveled outside the country, for example.
Some of the diseases that definitely prevent blood donation are
In addition, to donate blood it is necessary that the person weighs more than 50 kg and is between 16 and 69 years old, in the case of persons under 18 years of age it is necessary to be accompanied or authorized by the legal guardian. Blood donation lasts between 15 and 30 minutes and about 450 ml of blood is drawn.See who can donate blood.
Men can donate every 3 months, while women have to wait 4 months between each donation due to blood loss due to menstrual period.
Watch the video below and discover other situations where blood cannot be given:
In addition to basic requirements such as age, weight, and good health, some situations can prevent donation for a period ranging from a few hours to a few months, such as:
Another factor that can temporarily prevent blood donation is traveling outside the country, the time it is not possible to donate depends on the most common diseases in this region, so if you have been traveling in the last 3 years, talk to your doctor or nurse about whether or not you can donate blood.
Watch the video below and also understand how blood donation works: