2006-11-24 02:21:30 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
it is not due to having a child or breast feeding my daughter is 18 months. i have been told by the national blood service that i can never give blood because of the transfusion.
2006-11-24 02:31:55 · update #1
JUST FOR THE RECORD..........some people are not understanding what i am saying. I am fit and healthy and willing to give blood, i haemorraged after childbirth due to my placenta getting stuck (no under lying condtions). I have been told over the phone by an advisor at the national blood service that i can never give blood due to the transfusion i received (in England, 18 mionths ago). They are sending me an explantion leaflet.
2006-11-24 02:42:01 · update #2
From the National Blood Service website:
Q: Why are people who have or think they may have received a blood transfusion since 1980 no longer able to give blood?
A :This step has been implemented by all four of the UK Blood Services on 2nd August 2004. It is a further precautionary measure against the possible risk of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) being transmitted by blood and blood products.
vCJD is thought to be the consequence of eating contaminated beef, related to BSE (or mad cow disease) in UK cattle after 1980. Fortunately, vCJD is very rare. But in late 2003, there was evidence that a blood donor transmitted vCJD to a patient, via transfusion. Scientists are not 100% sure that this is the case, as it is possible that both donor and patient acquired vCJD by eating contaminated beef.
2006-11-24 03:05:03 · answer #1 · answered by junkmonkey1983 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U should be able to donate again in 12 months.
Blood Transfusion
Wait for 12 months after receiving a blood transfusion from another person in the United States. You may not donate if you received a blood transfusion since 1980 in the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands, Isle of Man), Gibraltar or Falkland Islands. This requirement is related to concerns about variant CJD, or 'mad cow' disease. Learn more about variant CJD and blood donationM.
You may not donate if you received a blood transfusion in certain countries in Africa since 1977. This requirement is related to concerns about rare strains of HIV that are not consistently detected by all current test methods. Learn more about HIV Group O, and the specific African countries where it is found.
2006-11-24 02:33:23 · answer #2 · answered by dragonkisses 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This has been a reoccurring issue this year and I sympathise with you. My mum is in the exact same position and I think it's something to do with the kind of blood you get from the transfusion. If you donate blood and you've have a transfusion, the blood you received may be infectious so you pass it on to another person.
2006-11-24 04:02:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They won't let you give blood until your baby is 9 months that's regardless of you having a transfusion.
I moved to Ireland after living in England and I can't give blood here, I think that is something to do with England having had the whole Mad Cow thing.
That is the same reason you cannot give blood after a transfusion too, a minuscule risk of transferring CJD.
2006-11-24 02:31:17 · answer #4 · answered by Sandie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have thought it'd be because blood transfusions run the risk of being contaminated.
Maybe after a while have some blood tests to be clear and then ask again about the possibility.
2006-11-24 02:28:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the u.k you arent allowed to give blood after recieving a blood transfusion because there is a risk the donor may have an infection such as c.j.d which is commonly known as mad cows disease, you may remember all the hype about it about a decade ago? anyway to my knowledge there isnt a way of testing for the human form until you die, and as it is usually spread through eating nervous tissue of an infected animal or recieving blood from an infected person you wont be allowed to give blood unfortunately. sorry chuck but it looks like we just lost one of the decent few who actually care enough to go out and give blood.
ive just given my 30th donation the other week and thats what they told me then, that you cant donate after recieving a transfusion yourself that is. i hope that helps
2006-11-24 02:32:51 · answer #6 · answered by Andy S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is because of the risk of passing on infections.I would be surprised if you were allowed to give blood even after a year as one answer suggests as there are many diseases with an incubation period of considerably longer than a year and some that don't show up on tests.
2006-11-24 02:38:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
SAMI is wrong.
no-one can give blood in the UK if they have had a transfusion. Its because of the risk of mad-cow desease.
t'is the rules
EDIT: Your additional details are correct.
If i had to have a transfusion this would really piss me off. I've been veggie since 14 ( 26 years ) so it be just my luck to catch CJD from a transfusion...you'd have to laugh, wouldn't you
2006-11-24 02:32:30 · answer #8 · answered by Michael H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe its not the transfusion but the fact that you have had a child. I dont know where you are but in the UK you are not advised to continue donating for a year after birth or when you finish breast feeding, whichever is later....;
2006-11-24 02:26:38 · answer #9 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some things (like a disease)could have caused the difficult childbirth and they don't want your blood if in might had something wrong with it because if they use it on some one else then they might get what you had
2006-11-24 02:34:32 · answer #10 · answered by Matthew 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋