First of all, our country has a certain mode of delivery of blood - no more than once a month. In addition, whole blood men allowed to take not more five times a year, women - no more than four. Also, women are not allowed to donate blood during pregnancy or lactation, during the menstrual cycle. Watch your weight: if you weigh less than 50 pounds, doctors will be forced to deny you.
On the day of donations required a light breakfast, but not the day before or the day not eat bacon, mayonnaise, sour cream, butter. Fatty foods can not be eaten because some people may raise the level of the enzyme - alanine aminotransferase - ALT. In this case, the blood transfusion station employees can not accept the donor and receiving push for 3 months. Recommended to eat cereals, vegetables, fruits, lean meat, fish. Before the donations drink hot sweet tea with biscuits or wafers, it will provide you a good feeling after the procedure.
Do not drink alcohol and do not smoke for 48 hours prior to blood donations. People who drink regularly and frequently, ALT levels may still be high, even if they did not drink during these 48 hours, and there will either refuse to give blood, or to stop drinking for a week to visit the station. Smoking daily donations in any case can not, because nicotine is in the blood, and it can get a little child or an adult weakened body.
If you're sick and taking antibiotics. as well as aspirin, inform employees blood transfusion, blood transfusions because this is impossible - someone may be allergic to your medicines. In addition, report carried in the past six months, diseases, especially infectious. There is a list of diseases, the code can not donate blood in any case. Ask him at the station employees.
After danatsii recommended to drink sweet tea warm, a little sit down, reduce the load if you can not get away from work. In the following days also recommended to drink water or juice as much as possible.