Benefits of Donating Blood

Thousands of patients need blood transfusion as in the following conditions: 

• Patients suffering from haemorrhage due to casualities 
• surgical procedures and labours 
• Haemophilic patients 
• Chronic Anaemia 
• Malignancy Thalassemic patients 
• Bone Marrow transplantation 
• Neonatal jaundice and others

Donating Blood does not have any side effects on your health. In turn, there are several benifits of donating Blood.

Some of these are listed here...

Blood testing

Apart from all these benefits a donor gets a mini blood test done before donating blood. This includes Hematocrit i.e. HB level test, Blood pressure is measured, body weight is checked. After the blood is collected it tested for 5 major diseases. Those are Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, Syphilis and malaria. Donor is immediately informed if any of these test found to be positive.

Abates the chances of Heart Diseases

It has been observed that increase in blood iron level increases the chance of heart disease. Iron is involved in the oxidation of cholesterol and this process is believed to be detrimental for the arteries. Increases blood iron level favors this process of cholesterol oxidation and thus leads to heart disease. Regular blood donation helps especially males in loosing iron on regular basis. It helps in reducing the chance of heart attack to one third.

Be a Life Saviour

Blood Donation giving the wonderful feeling of saving someone's life.

Intensify the Production of new Red Blood Cells

After donating blood, the count of blood cells decreases in our body, which stimulates the bone marrow to produce new red blood cells in order to replenish the loss. So, it stimulates the production of new blood cells and refreshes the system. 

Burns your Calories

One can diet or remain fit by donating blood regularly. One pint of blood (450 ml) when donated burns 650 calories in donor’s body. 

Invigorated feeling in old people

It has been mentioned in various sites though not proved that elderly people in good health have reported feeling invigorated orreenergized by giving blood on a regular basis.

Helps in fighting hemochromitosis

Hemochromitosis is a genetic disorder; also know as iron overload disorder wherein iron accumulates in the body tissue because or improper iron metabolism. This condition may lead to organ damage. Though this problem is uncommon in Indians, people with little iron overload also can easily donation blood and reduce their iron content. Taking example from other countries, one in every 300-400 people in England suffers from this disorder and American Red Cross blood services accept such donors as safe donor as it’s a genetic disorder, itwon’t be harmful to the person receiving blood from such donors.