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why more difficult to donate blood when they have a shortage?
I hear ads asking for more blood donors every day but they are making it more & more difficult to donate blood. I used to donate but now they don’t want it ‘cos I’ve visited Thailand.
Im sure I could get tested for malaria or my blood could, BUT… if I was in danger of dying from lack of blood Id sure as hell take anyone’s blood! Maybe I would die later but not now!
They’re just trying to protect people. I had an uncle who had knee surgery in the late 80′s and he got hepatitus C from his transfusion. Its not something to take lightly, and not everyone shares your opinion on preffering to die later. I, for one, would prefer to die quietly and painlessly on an operating table tomorrow than to die a horrible, painful death from HIV, Malaria, or Hepatitus in ten years.
I’m sure they could do tests, but then again, there may be pathogens that they can’t detect that you might have come into contact with in Thailand.
I wish I could donate, but I’m anemic, and my doc won’t let me… The shortage should get better soon though.
Why can’t I donate blood if I’ve lived on a military base during certain years?
I tried to donate blood but they said that since I had lived on a military base in Turkey in 1989 that I was not eligible. Does anyone know why? Just curious.
because of the people you may have come in contact with during that time