Non-remunerated blood donation
By dudu2008
@dudu2008 (43)
China
November 15, 2008 8:31am CST
At present,non-remunerated blood donation has become a popular trend.It is the performance of the progress of human civilization.And we have to advocate such act.But on the other side,it is said that women who have not married had better not to donate blood.The reason is that it would be not healthful for women to do that.I don't know if it is real.What do you think of that? Can you give me some opinions?
Have a health life.
1 response
@GhostCat (313)
• United States
18 Nov 08
In the United States non-remunerated blood donation has been fairly popular since the end of World War II. It raises in popularity during times of crisis and war, so whenever we the are earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, fires, etc. in the United States or elsewhere in the world and the call goes out for blood products, the peoples of the United States usually responds. Glad to see this is catching on in other countries as well. I must say that in the last 20 years or so the young people, here in the US there seemed to have been a decrease in interest in non-remunerated blood donation, although donations from younger people seem to be picking up again.
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@dudu2008 (43)
• China
18 Nov 08
Thanks for your response that let me know more about blood donation.I agree with you that there will be more and more people attending in the non-remunerated blood donation,this is a trend.But i heard that blood donation is not good for women who have not had children.Is it right? Can you say something about that?
Thanks!
@GhostCat (313)
• United States
19 Nov 08
I've never heard anything about donating blood not being good for young women who have not given birth to children. I don't think whether a woman as given birth or not would have any affect on her ability to give blood. In the United States they screen for illnesses, medications, past at risk behavior of the donor, age as very young--I believe under 16 or 18 years of age and very old, usually over 65 years of age, are usually considered unsuitable. These things are for the safety of both the blood donor and the blood recipient. There is a real need to keep the blood supply clean and the medical community does not want their donors endangered as they need to call on them time and time again. A donor is not allowed to donate too frequently, I believe there must be at least 6 to 8 weeks between each donation, although most people do not donate that often. Many people donate regularly 3 or 4 times a year and are given a certificate when they reach certain milestones of giving, such as 1 gallon, 5 gallon, etc. As you know, we do not use the metric system except scientifically int the United States therefore they use the ordinary measurements of pints, quarts and gallons rather than the scientific or medical measures which would be in metrics.
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