Chest pain after donating blood

Everyone is very familiar with blood donation. As people become more familiar with it, more and more people are donating blood. Under normal circumstances, it will not cause any harm to a normal person if he or she drinks 200CC of blood at a time, and proper drinking will also have certain benefits to the human body. For example, it can prevent the onset of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and help reduce the viscosity of the blood. Of course, blood donation will also help those in need.

Chest pain after donating blood is not considered to be related to blood donation. Donating 200 ml of blood at a time will not affect human health. It will not cause chest pain. The chest pain is short-lived and has no obvious triggering factor. Possible neuropathic pain was considered. Neuropathic pain. It is mostly related to the unhealthy lifestyle.

Things to note before donating blood

1. Learn about blood donation and eliminate nervousness;

2. Do not take any medicine three days before donating blood;

3. On the day of blood donation, you should eat as usual, but avoid eating high-fat or high-protein foods such as fatty meat, fish, and fried dough sticks;

4. Do not drink alcohol before donating blood;

5. Get enough sleep and avoid strenuous exercise.

Things to note after donating blood

1. After donating blood, press the needle hole for 5-10 minutes to prevent blood from seeping out;

2. Protect the venous puncture site. Stopping bleeding at the puncture site does not mean complete healing. Do not let it get soaked in water or contaminated by unclean objects for at least 24 hours, and do not rub the venous puncture site.

3. Exercise moderately. Please do not participate in sports competitions, overnight entertainment and other activities on the day after donating blood;

4. Eat a moderate amount of nutrition and don’t overeat.

Other considerations for blood donation

Those who have any of the following conditions are temporarily not allowed to donate blood:

1. Those who have undergone tooth extraction or other minor surgery for less than half a month, or those who have undergone major surgery for less than six months;

2. Women within three days before or after menstruation, during pregnancy, within six months after abortion, or within one year after childbirth or breastfeeding;

3. Those who have recovered from a cold or acute gastroenteritis for less than one week, or pneumonia for less than three months;

4. Those who have recovered from dysentery within six months, or malaria within three years;

5. Those who have received whole blood or blood component transfusions in the past five years;

6. Patients whose localized skin inflammation has not healed for less than one week;

7. Those whose last blood donation was less than six months ago.