- Polyp?
You may donate blood if there are no signs of cancer.
Note: You may not donate blood for 4 months following an endoscopy (a procedure with a camera on a tube), regardless of the results of the investigation."
- Irritable bowel?
You may donate blood if you are symptom-free. You may not donate blood for 4 months following a colonoscopy.
- Prostatitis (infectious)?
Please contact the Blood Bank at 088-730 8686.
- Enlarged prostate (benign prostate hypertrophy?
You may donate blood. You may not donate blood for 4 months following an endoscopy (a procedure with a camera on a tube). An elevated PSA is not a problem for blood donation, so long as there are no signs of cancer.
- Prostitution?
You may donate as long as it has been 4 months or more since you last received money or drugs for sex. If you paid someone for sex these four months since the last paid contact also apply.
- Psoriasis?
You may donate blood if there is no inflammation and there are no abnormalities 2 cm around the puncture site.
Medication may be a problem for blood donation, e.g. acitretine (Neotigasone), methotrexate and other medication that suppresses the immune system; please contact the Blood Bank about this (088-730 8686). - Radioactive material?
Please contact the Blood Bank at 088-730 8686.
- Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Please contact the Blood Bank at 088-730 8686.
- STIs (Sexually Transmitted Infections)?
If you have been at risk for contracting a sexually transmitted infection, we will ask you to stop giving blood temporarily or permanently.
Important: please contact the Blood Bank at 088-730 8686 as soon as possible.
Also contact us if you discover you were previously at risk of an STI (e.g.a warning from an ex-partner). - Sarcoidosis?
You may not donate blood (any more). Please contact the Blood Bank at 088-730 8686.
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