2007-07-21 05:47:57 · 6 answers · asked by Joe S 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
Not necessarily. Chlamydia, venereal warts (humanpapilloma virus - HPV), or genital herpes are not a cause for deferral if you are feeling healthy and well and meet all other eligibility requirements. So, you could possibly have one of those STDs and they would still accept your blood.
They might have also asked you to come back for other reasons. My mother donates about every 3 months and has been doing so for about 8 years! (She loves the idea she could possibly be saving a life). They always tell her to come back because they are in desperate need of blood (especially O negative - the universal donor) and my mother just happens to be O negative.
They might have wanted you to come back because they think you are healthy and are a good person for giving blood. They also might be desperate and are just happy you came in and want you to come back.
If you want to know if you have any STDs you need to go to the doctor and get tested for them. A LOT of people think that donating blood will be able to tell you if you have a STD and it DOESN'T! You need to be specifically tested for STDs if you want to know if you have them or not!
Good luck!
http://www.redcross.org/services/biomed/0,1082,0_557_,00.html#std
2007-07-21 06:55:14 · answer #1 · answered by Alli 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily.
Some STDs are not tested for through blood. It means that you are free from HIV, hepatitis and other blood borne diseases that are routinely tested for when you donate blood...assuming you have not engaged in risky behavior since your last donation or exposed yourself.
If you are not sure if you are STD free, contact your doctor for a full STD profile. In the meantime, it is not adviseable for you to donate blood again until you have been fully tested. The Red Cross does not test for every disease out there. In order to do our part to keep the blood supply safe, you should not donate blood if you have any doubts about your current health status.
EMT
2007-07-21 06:58:58 · answer #2 · answered by emt_me911 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It means that you did not have any evidence in your blood of STD at the time of donating. It depends on what they were routinely testing for.
Do not use the BTS for screening for STD.
If you think that you a have or at risk of having an STD do not donate until you have screened specifically for these diseases
2007-07-21 06:31:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe that it does. For, if you were positive for an STD, you would have called by your local health department. An STD is a mandatory reportable disease and the blood bank would be required by law to report all positive tests. The only tests which would show positive in a blood test are syphilis and HIV.
2007-07-21 15:53:28 · answer #4 · answered by APINSLEY 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No that doesn't mean you are STD free. It just means you don't have a blood STD but you can still have an STD in reproductive organs or you could have cold sores aka herpes etc.
2007-07-21 05:51:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
blood scrutining must be showing that your blood is std free ,but it does not mean that you are std free .
2007-07-21 06:02:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋