The initiative to help people with rare blood has begun “precise” financial assistance to prevent the NHS risk of severe response.
Scientists have started a large -scale research project to date and test DNA.
The blood collected from these rare donors will be frozen and will provide a vital reserve for others with the same type of blood.
If you need blood transfusions, this stored blood will also be available to the donor.
Storage of rare blood donors to prevent a severe blood transfusion reaction, where the body of the blood is “external” and rejects it.
People who are particularly at risk for these reactions are people who regularly receive blood donation, including people with sickle and thalassemia cell disorder.
This is after the NHS increased the alarm last month to low blood stock. NHS announced that it needs 200,000 ordinary blood donors to maintain safe and sufficient supply.
Low blood shares in 2024 caused “amber alert”, but blood stock has been short since then.
NHS (NHSBT) blood and transplantation now encourages more people to prevent “red alert”, which is an important situation that is threatened by public security.
This year described the “challenging” blood stock last year, pointing out that less than 800,000 people support the total blood in the UK.
How to donate blood?
The entire process of giving blood only one hour. When you enter the blood donation center, you will be asked to do a safety check to make sure you can give blood.
You give you 500 ml of fluids to drink – Drinking this helps the body maintain blood pressure, prevent dizziness and help the body fill the donated blood.
Then, to ensure that it is safe from donating blood, doctors confirm your identity and information while checking health. In some cases, a registered nurse follows it.
A drop of blood from your finger is examined for iron levels. If this level is too low, the appointment will be restored.
Those who are able to donate are sitting in the waiting place before calling to the organ donation chair.
Here, a hand button is placed on your arm so that before finding a suitable vein, it has little pressure during organ donation and the area is cleaned.
Then, a needle is placed in your arm to accumulate your blood in a blood bag, which places your unique donor number on it.
The scale weighs the blood weight and when you donate 470 ml – this is exactly under one pin.
The needle will then get out of your arm and use the dressing.
NHS says the process of blood should not be damaged and should only take 10 minutes.
Who can donate blood?
Although more donors are needed, some reasons for health, travel and lifestyle may prevent you from donating blood.
The donors should be good and good, weighing at the age of 17 to 65, between 7 stones of 12 IBS (50 kg) and 25 stones (158 kg) and have suitable veins.
However, if you have cancer, some heart conditions, you cannot donate blood, test for HIV positive, or be a hepatitis B or C carrier.
If you have received blood platelets, plasma or other blood products after January 1980, or if you have injected non -prescribed drugs, including the causes of the body and the injected tanning, you can also not donate.
If you have had an anal sex with a new partner in the past three months, you may have to postpone your financial aid.
If you feel unpleasant, pregnant, or have a baby in the past six months, have tattooed or pierced, or recently traveled to certain countries outside of England, you may wait before you can donate blood.
Where can I donate blood?
There are thousands of blood donations throughout the UK, some permanent and some are pop -up.
Church halls, gym, mosques, football stadiums and hotels are all used as pop -up.
Visit the Give Blood website to check your nearest item.
You should book your appointment before your financial aid, which you can do online as soon as you register as a blood donor.
What kind of blood is needed?
There is a need for “critical” for more donors who have so -called negative blood blood, which are needed for treatment in emergencies.
NHS also said there is also a need for black donors, which are more likely to have specific blood that can help treat people with sickle cell disease.
