What are the precautions to take before donating blood in order to ensure the quality of the blood and to reduce unnecessary reactions of the donors during the donation process?
Do not donate blood with illness
If you have a cold or fever, diarrhea, cough, or are suffering from a contagious disease two days before donating blood, you should suspend blood donation.
Do not drink a lot of water before donating blood
You should not drink a lot of water before donating blood because drinking a lot of water will dilute the blood, reduce the quality of blood and affect the patient's treatment.
Attention to diet before blood donation
Don't eat too much the night before blood donation. Don't drink alcohol, eat meat, fish, eggs, milk, soy products and greasy food for the first two meals before blood donation. Eat a light diet to prevent the blood from becoming cloudy, affecting the quality of the blood and aggravating the patient's transfusion reaction.
Do not take medicine before donating blood
It is best not to take medicine three days before blood donation, such as aspirin, cefradine, Skelton, Pitocin, vitamin E, anti-inflammatory pain, pansentin, aminophylline, chloramphenicol and anti-allergic drugs, which have serious effects on the blood recipient and also on the recovery after blood donation. In addition, blood donors should not take anti-platelet aggregation or platelet metabolism inhibiting drugs such as aspirin, vitamin E, anti-inflammatory pain, pancreatin, aminophylline, chloramphenicol and anti-allergy drugs one week before donating blood.
Rest well before donating blood
It is important to get a good night's sleep before donating blood and not to fast before donating blood to avoid dizziness, panic attacks, sweating and other reactions during the blood donation process.
Always eat breakfast before donating blood
You should get a good sleep the night before blood donation and should not do strenuous exercise. You should not fast before donating blood. You should eat a light diet such as thin rice, steamed buns, bread, eggs, etc. in the morning of the day of donation to avoid dizziness, panic and sweating during the blood donation process.
Learn about blood donation in advance
Before donating blood, you should take the initiative to learn about blood donation. You should learn about blood donation, understand the general knowledge of blood donation and read some blood donation publicity materials to relieve and alleviate your mind and reduce unnecessary reactions during blood donation.
