In every year, more than 1 Million of people die due to the reason of losses of blood. Those who get injured by road accidents, face more problems in hospital due to insufficiency of desired group of blood in blood banks. To avoid these types of problem we can donate blood as per doctor advice. If you donate a unit of blood once or twice in a year then it will not harm your body. Our body has the capability to produce 2 million of RBC (red blood cell) every second without any doubt. So it is better to donate your blood to save other life in case of emergency. If you donate, blood once or twice in a year that does not means that it will risk your life. As per requirements, the new blood cells i.e. white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets will produce automatically in your body.      

Now we will talk about some facts of blood donation which you need to know once. If you read this fact of blood donation, then most of your confusion will get clear out instantly.

Fact of Blood Donation:

Fact 1: Most Commonly needed Blood Group.

The O Positive blood is most commonly needed blood group, which we need in maximum cases. Rather than that, according to the patient requirement all other groups are also needed and accepted. O+ is the most common blood, which like to transfuse In need.

Fact 2: Cancer patients and accident patients need extra blood.

Trauma patients generally need the extra blood to receive in their body. Among the trauma patients, cancer patients actually receive most of the blood for their treatments. Otherwise the accident patients also need bloods if they loss in severe injury. In reality, most of the donated blood goes in the blood bank for those trauma patients.

Fact 3: Risk of exposing infection like HIV.

There is no risk to be infecting with the disease like HIV if the needle used is properly sterilized or using a new one. In the case of blood donation or receiving the blood, the doctor or the nurse use the new syringe in most of the cases to avoid exposing of diseases.

Fact 4: Diabetes patient or people cannot donate blood.

If you are facing diabetes problem for a long time then you are not allowed to donate blood for others. This is due to the presence of irregular sugar level in your blood. Once your sugar level comes in the normal range, then you can again donate your blood.

Fact 5: Blood donation process is painful and cause deficiency of blood.

Blood donation is a temporary process, which does not give you pain at all. Just for a second you will feel discomfort for the needle prick and then everything will be normal. After donating a unit of blood, it will not cause any blood deficiency. A unit of blood volume will be revived within 48 hours in your body from the time of donation. 

Conclusion:

That is all about the common myths or facts of blood donation which you may need to know before donating your blood. Most of the time people get fear while they are going to donate blood. While you want to donate your blood, at first you need to consult with your doctor once. According to your health condition, he will suggest you whether you are allowed to donate blood or not. At last we want to tell you that donating blood is a very good social service which you can do twice or thrice in a year.