Blood Donation

[-:Undertaker:-]

Sorry, should have clarified - in the UK.

Source: Avert

Interesting, I wonder if that has anything to do with drug usage with shared needles rather than just sex alone.

[AgnesIO]

Interesting, I wonder if that has anything to do with drug usage with shared needles rather than just sex alone.

It says heterosexual sex, however you may well be right. There are still more men getting it, but the gap has closed significantly.

I'll be honest though, HIV in the UK isn't a strong topic - I know more about it in other countries.

[Circadia]

I've always wanted to donate blood but I've been too small for most of my life and I have iron deficiency anemia which doesn't seem to want to go away. I've had it for 10 years and I wish the doctors would tell me why I have it because usually it goes away after a while.. I assume it's something to do with my bodies ability to take in iron properly. But yeah that stops me from donating as I've already got a lower amount of red blood cells in my body which are less oxygenated than normal blood cells so it would probably do me a significant amount of damage to donate
It's a shame really because I have AB- blood which is the rarest type of blood and I can't donate

[Samantha]

Sorry, your estimate blood volume is less than 3500ml, unfortunately you are unable to donate until after your 20th birthday.

I'm 20 years old already, but I'm guessing I'm too short or weigh too little to donate?

[Ekelektra]

In the last thread I said yes I would like to donate, but now I'm likely not eligible

But if I found out I could then I would still like to

[Empired]

I'm 20 years old already, but I'm guessing I'm too short or weigh too little to donate?

Height or weight on their own doesn't matter; it's about blood volume. So if you don't weigh much but are still very short, you might be able to donate. There's a link in the OP to find out if you can.

[Narnat,]

I enjoy getting my blood taken but I haven't donated yet. It is something that I have thought about and is no doubt something i'd do in the future!

[Richie]

I registered and was willing to give blood but they wouldn't let me as I had only recovered from swine flue two weeks prior Scares the crap out of me but if I ever remember I will more than likely. Not sure on my blood type.

[dbgtz]

This thread just wishes I could give it, even if I have a common type. Unfortunately I've had a transfusion which is kind of ****, but oh well.

[MKR&*42]

Yo @Empired; or @Shar; you might know.

What's the average amount of time it takes to actually give blood (from when it comes out your arm > pint full). I'm sure I found it online ages ago but googling didn't help me.

I only ask cause today it took me 4 minutes which I thought was quite quick, especially considering it took me 9 minutes last time