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yucatandreamer

Nov 13, 2009, 8:32 AM

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Donating Blood

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I had an interesting experience today when I showed up for a call to give blood. I was turned away due to my age and in reading over the regulations realized that many of us retired expats were in a bad position. I for example have few friends who are less than 60 and those may or may not have my blood type. I have no relatives here in Mexico. I am posting the rules and also asking what do expats who need blood do in order to replace the blood that they have used?

Giving Blood

In order to donate blood certain criteria must be met
· You must present official identification
· You must be less than 60 years old
· You need to be taller than 1.55 meters or 5 feet 1 inch
· You must not weigh less than 60 Kgs or 132 pounds
· You cannot be menstruating, pregnant or lactating
· You cannot have had an abortion within the previous 6 months
· You cannot have had any alcoholic beverages or medicines in the past 48 hours
· You need to have fasted for 12 hours previous to giving blood
· You cannot have had any reparatory or gastrointestinal infections within the previous 2 weeks
· You cannot have had any vaccinations in the last 2 month
· If you have had or have any of the following you cannot give blood:
Syphilis, Hepatitis B or C, HIV, Malaria, Chagas, Brucella

Marlene

Nov 13, 2009, 6:58 PM

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Re: [yucatandreamer] Donating Blood

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Good points. I don't know that all those rules apply to all areas of Mexico, but some do. I think the age limit is less than 60 where we are. My husband and I cannot give blood here in Sinaloa because we both have previously had Typhoid. I think that also applies to anyone who has had Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, if I recall correctly what we were told when we tried to help out a friend going in for surgery.