Dear friends, Sri Kishore Bhattacharjee posted some lines regarding Blood Donation camp which is going to be held in TGEA Office Agartala on 02/11/2014 at 9.00 AM. I again requested to all my friends and friends of friend to come on in own willl and donate blood. It has some benifits (enclosed). 1. Balance Iron Levels in Your Blood In my view, this is clearly the most important reason. For each unit of blood donated, you lose about one-quarter of a gram of iron.You may at first think this is a bad thing, since too little iron may lead to fatigue, decreased immunity, or iron-deficiency anemia, which can be serious if left untreated. This is common in children and premenopausal women.But what many people fail to realize is that too much iron can be worse, and is actually far more common than iron deficiency (especially in men and postmenopausal women).So for many, the fact that donating blood helps to rid your body of excess iron is one of the greatest benefits it offers. It has been long known that menstruating women have fewer heart attacks. This was previously thought to be due to hormones but is now thought to be due to lower iron levels.Similar to premenopausal women, blood donors have been found to be 88 percent less likely to suffer from a heart attack, and this is thought to be due to its effects on iron levels. Researchers explained: 2. Better Blood Flow Do you know what a high-sugar diet, smoking, radio frequencies, and other toxic electromagnetic forces, emotional stress, anxiety, high cholesterol, and high uric acid levels do to your blood?All of these make your blood hypercoagulable, meaning it makes it thick and slow moving, which increases your risk of having a blood clot or stroke. Hypercoagulable blood contributes to inflammation, because when your blood does not flow well, oxygen cant get to your tissues. For example, early (and some current) birth control pills were notorious for causing heart attacks in women. One of the mechanisms that cause this increased risk is that synthetic estrogens and progesterones increase blood viscosity. “What is clear is that blood donors seem to not be hospitalized so often and if they are, they have shorter lengths of stay… And they’re less likely to get heart attacks, strokes, and cancers.” 3. You Get a Mini Physical Every blood donor gets a “mini physical” prior to donation. Your temperature will be checked along with your blood pressure, pulse, and hemoglobin. Your blood will also be tested for 13 infectious diseases like HIV, hepatitis B and C, West Nile Virus, and syphilis.Donating blood is certainly not a replacement for medical care, but it does give you a (free) glimpse into your health (as well as notice if you’ve been exposed to an infectious disease without knowing). ( NB- question should be raised during blood donation). 4. A Longer Life People who volunteer for altruistic reasons, i.e. to help others rather than themselves, appear to live longer than those who volunteer for more self-centered reasons. Altruistic volunteers enjoyed a significantly reduced risk of mortality four years later according to one study,with the study’s lead author noting. “This could mean that people who volunteer with other people as their main motivation may be buffered from potential stressors associated with volunteering, such as time constraints and lack of pay.” So, please come and donate blood. Thanks to all.
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 08:52:48 +0000
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