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We all know
it is highly beneficial to donate blood. For us, who are
living abroad, we can also take that opportunity. We urge
you all to take this initiative and make your life more
effective in saving others.
Who Can Donate Blood?
You can volunteer to become a blood donor if you are aged
between 17 and 66 years old. The retirement age is 70. You
should be in general good health and weigh at least 50 kgs
(7 stone 12 lbs).
In fact donating blood is simple and easy and has
significant mental, spiritual and health benefits.
Benefits of Donating Blood
Blood donors can taste the priceless feeling of saving life
without harming themselves in any way.
The quintessential message of every religion is to serve
mankind. Donating blood can be one of the best ways to serve
humanity, since it can mean the difference between life and
death. Donating blood is beneficial for health.
Donating blood stimulates the bone marrow inside the body to
produce new blood cells. Within two weeks of donation,
sufficient cells are produced to make up for the lost blood.
Donating blood three times a year increases the vitality of
red blood cells.
A medical survey in England shows that regular blood donors
frequently remain free of complex and chronic diseases.
Blood donors are also at much lower risk of heart disease
and heart attack.
Why There is No Harm in Blood
Donation
On average, there are 76 milliliters of blood per kilogram
of body weight in males and 66 milliliters of blood per
kilogram of body weight in females. People usually need 50
milliliters of blood per kg for circulation, the rest is
extra. Males have 26 milliliters of extra blood per kg of
body weight, and females have 16 milliliters per kg. Thus a
man weighing 50 kgs has 50* 26 = 1300 milliliters of extra
blood in his body and a woman weighing the same has 50*16=
800 milliliters of extra blood in her body. 350 to 400
milliliters of blood is collected during voluntary blood
donation, which is less than half the amount of extra blood
in our bodies.
So there is absolutely no risk of physical harm in blood
donation. |