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Blood is the most treasured gift that anyone can give to a person – the gift of life. Deciding to donate your blood can save not only a life but several. Your blood can be divided into its different components – red cells, platelets, and plasma – which can individually be used for different conditions. Do you want to know the benefits of donating blood? Stay with me.
Blood donation may be a great gesture to assist needy people or those that require blood. There are many health issues, which remain silent until it’s in a very late stage. We don’t easily notice the first warning signs of health conditions like hypertension, cancer, diabetes, kidney problems, and so on.
But did you know that patients aren’t the sole ones benefiting from blood donations? Donating blood regularly also presents a mass of health benefits for you – the donor.
Here are 6 benefits of donating blood as part of your health routine.
Before the donation, you will receive a mini-physical test before the blood draw. This shed light on issues you didn’t even know about and keep an eye fixed on your cardiovascular health.
During the check-up, you may answer questions referring to your case background history and undergo health examining procedures to test your temperature, pressure level, and blood count employing a pathology test – all these are free. This type of free medical test is certainly something you want to make the most of.
It is caused by iron overload in the body as liver failure, damage to the pancreas, and heart abnormalities like irregular heart rhythms.
Excess iron has also been associated with cancer. After menopause, it’s harder for women to eliminate excess iron since their body no longer has a way to do so, this increases their risk of cancer.
Among women, cancer risk increases after menopause since their body no longer has a way of eliminating excess iron. By donating blood, the iron stores in the body are maintained at healthy levels and your risk for various cancers reduces.
Regular blood donation reduces the weight of donors. This is helpful to those who are obese and are at higher risk of cardiovascular diseases and other health disorders.
Whenever you donate blood, you’re losing up to 650 calories of your body fat. This is because your body must replace your blood cells.
Note that this calorie burn doesn’t mean that you should use blood donation as a means to lose weight.
There are roughly 10 pints of blood within the body of an average adult. After you donate blood, you merely use about 1 pint of your blood supply.
After donating blood the body works to replenish the blood loss. This stimulates the production of new blood cells and in turn, helps in maintaining good health.
When you donate blood, you’re also getting rid of a surplus amount of lipids or fatty substances in your blood. This is crucial so that fat residues don’t accumulate in your arteries, reducing your cholesterol level and your risk for heart disease.
While there are numerous physical benefits to donating blood, the most effective health benefit is arguably in the psychological world. Donating blood means that somebody (or many people) somewhere will be getting the help they desperately require.
Donating blood, particularly regularly, can be identical to volunteer work. You give of your time (and your literal blood) to help strangers in need. If you go to a particular blood donation location each time, you’ll get to know some of the staff who are also dedicating themselves to the cause of saving lives.
Donating blood is often the best sort of humanitarian action. Without blood donation, patients can’t undergo surgeries, recover from illnesses, or simply function daily. You may not be able to help cure someone from life-threatening diseases like cancer, but you’ll help someone stay alive after you donate blood.
Whenever you donate blood, you’re giving someone the chance to have a new lease on life, not to mention that you’re also giving your overall health a great boost of benefits.
Donating blood is quite a simple process, which only takes about an hour or two of your time. Just visit blood donation centers, where medical professionals will evaluate your eligibility to become a donor. The main thing is for you to be healthy, and if you meet this requirement, you’ll be able to start donating blood every three (3) months.
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