WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for November, 2000: Re: Blood Donation Q

Re: Blood Donation Q

From: William D. McIntosh MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 28 Nov 2000 19:38:48 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 28 Nov 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>Last question I promise.... :-)
>
>What sort of medical conditions should stop a person from donating platelets
>or red blood cells, (aside from the obvious, such as HIV, STDs, infections
>etc) until the conditions are resolved?
>
>If a person was undergoing an evaluation for possible lymphoma for example,
>it wouldn't cause any negative affects to come about within the donated blood
>or platelets for the recipient....right? I ask because they still havent
>ruled that out or in with me yet, and since I'm a universal, the donor
>center has been calling me every week asking me to come in. I havent had a
>chance to ask my doctor, so thought I'd ask here. I just want to make sure
>that if I _did_ have a condition like that, I couldn't pass any bad cells on
>to anyone else.
>
>Thanks
>
>Kas

I don't know all the rules of the blood bank, but I believe that they do not accept blood from anyone with a known or suspected malignancy for fear that there MIGHT be a malignant cell in the donation.

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