Women are different from men when it comes to donating blood, they are less likely to donate blood and have longer recovery times. About this in the newspaper “VZGLYAD” on the National Day of Donation said Head of the Diagnostic Laboratory of the Federal State Budgetary Institution and the Department of Clinical and Industrial Transfusion “NN BIR. Bakuleva” Alexey Kupryashov.
“Men can donate blood five times a year, while women can donate blood only four times a year. This is primarily due to the fact that representatives of the beautiful half of humanity have a number of third-party losses of hemoglobin and red blood cells. In addition, the volume of blood circulating in the body is less. And as a result, iron losses associated with blood donation are greater.”
The specialist also emphasized that there are physiological reasons for the appearance of antibodies in the blood, which can lead to complications and side effects during blood transfusion of women. According to him, the formation of antibodies is primarily associated with pregnancy, in which the blood of a woman and the fetus interact.
“In this regard, women are not the best donors for the components in which plasma is present. But this does not mean that their plasma will not find application at all – in fact, the component is used in the manufacture of various drugs and drugs, ”added Kupryashov.
Former scientists from Ottawa Hospital to solvethat the gender of the blood donor does not affect the survival of the recipient. Experts drew attention to the fact that there is no obstacle in front of women who want to be blood donors.