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World Blood Donor Day 2025: World Blood Donor Day is celebrated on 14 June every year. This special day is celebrated to make all people aware of blood donation. Blood donation has been considered as Mahadan and every year the lives of millions of people are saved from blood donation. Healthy people can donate blood every 2-3 months, while patients with serious diseases are not advised to donate blood. You will know from the doctor who can donate blood and who should not.
The lives of crores of people are saved through blood donation i.e. blood donation. Blood donation is a great job to save the lives of needy patients. Every year millions of people struggle with anemia due to accidents, surgery, anemia, cancer and other diseases. In such a situation, blood donated by healthy people saves the lives of these people.
Blood donation has been considered as Mahadan. Doctors also believe that healthy people should donate blood from time to time. This does not cause any harm to the body, but provides benefits. Blood donation keeps blood flow in the body fine. Healthy people above 18 years of age can donate blood. However, people struggling with diseases should avoid this.
Dr. Sonia Rawat, director of the Preventive Health and Wellness Department of Sir Gangaram Hospital in New Delhi, told News18 that any healthy person, whose age is between 18 and 65 years and weighs 50 kg, can do blood donation. The hemoglobin level of men who donate blood should be 13.0 grams/deciter and the hemoglobin level of women should be higher than 12.5 g/deciiliter.
A person who donated blood should not have history of any serious illness. No heavy medicine or alcohol should be consumed in the last 24 hours of donating blood. Apart from this, it is also necessary to have a mental printing before blood donation. If you donate blood with complete preparation, then you will not face any kind of problem. Healthy people can donate blood once every 2-3 months.
The doctor said that blood donation in some conditions can be harmful to health. People struggling with HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatice C or other viral and bacterial infections should not donate blood. People who have recently been malaria or typhoid or who suffer from any serious infection should not do blood donation. Apart from this, pregnant women, breastfeeding women should not donate blood.
If a person is taking such medicines, which affects the blood, then the doctor should be consulted before donating blood in that condition. People taking anti-cancer medicines, antibiotics or steroids take special care in blood donation and discus with experts. If the blood of the right quality does not climb on the patient, then the condition can deteriorate.
Before blood donation, it is necessary to get enough sleep, light food and avoid smoking or alcohol. Relaxation after blood donation, drinking plenty of water and avoid heavy physical hard work for some time. It is common to have dizziness, fatigue immediately after blood donation, but it becomes normal in a short time.
According to the doctor, a healthy man can donate blood once every 2-3 months. Women can donate blood every 3-4 months. This does not have any negative effect on the body, but it helps in forming new blood cells. Some people even consider it beneficial for health, because it keeps the balance of iron.
Blood donation is a good task, but before blood donation it is important to know whether you are eligible for it or not. Therefore, it is very important to have a checkup from a doctor and take their advice before donating blood. Blood donation done with correct information and caution can not only save the lives of others, but it can also be a good experience for you.