Giving blood questions

[alphatarget1]

There is a clause that says that if you lived in the UK during a period then you won't be able to give blood, does anyone know why? I guess they had Mad Cow Disease but how does that affect healthy people's blood?

 

[CraKaJaX]

If I needed blood and all they had was "Mad cow disease" blood, I probably woudln't take it.

 

[alphatarget1]

Yeah but the person doesn't actually *have* it, they just had that disease in the UK.

 

[DaWhim]

when you donate blood, they also make 4 or 5 tubes for testing. maybe they can't test if the blood has mad cow diesease in it?

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: alphatarget1
Yeah but the person doesn't actually *have* it, they just had that disease in the UK.

Better safe than sorry.

 

[ElMonoDelMar]

I doubt it was mad cow they were worried about.

Maybe teh AIDS or something like that.

 

[wiredspider]

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: ElMonoDelMar
I doubt it was mad cow they were worried about.

Maybe teh AIDS or something like that.

I'm pretty sure they have a seperate section to fill out with all the medical and disease related stuff.