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Blood Donor: Is it safe to donate blood if you have a blood condition?
Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Dec 23, 2024 | Replies (36)Comment receiving replies
@pmm Patty and @beebo I find this a very interesting topic, and one I hadn't considered completely. Since getting my first driver's license in [ahem!] 1969 there has always been a donor sticker. Over the course of the years various health concerns have found me but I never really considered how they might affect donation of blood or solid organs!
From Health Resources and Service Administration, here is a link to follow: https://www.organdonor.gov/learn/who-can-donate
From the National Institute on Health: https://www.cc.nih.gov/bloodbank/can-i-donate
Ginger
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Thanks for sharing this Ginger.
My PV diagnosis was made the same year that I retired. When I was working, we had blood drives at least twice a year and I always participated. I’m sure that I had this condition long before my diagnosis.
I never heard anything from them that they detected anything unusual about my blood. So I wonder if they were in fact using it even with the unusual blood count numbers.