Can I donate blood during my menstrual period?

Women also need to pay attention to many issues during their menstrual period, which will be of great help to all aspects of their body. During their menstrual period, women's immunity is relatively low, and they are in contact with patients at this time, so they are very likely to contract some diseases, which is very harmful to women's health. So, can they donate blood during their menstrual period? Women are not very clear about this issue.

There are many things that women need to pay attention to during their menstrual period, so they don’t know much about whether they can donate blood during their menstrual period. The following is a detailed introduction so that you can have a better understanding of this issue.

Can I donate blood during my menstrual period?

It is not advisable to donate blood three days before and after menstruation

1. Reasons why you cannot donate blood during menstruation

1. The arrival of menstruation is a physiological condition of female friends. Its essence is the regular physiological shedding of the endometrium. Therefore, the body itself is in a damaged state during menstruation, which will reduce the body's resistance and immunity, and also affect the body's endocrine system. Therefore, women will be irritable or have changes in eating preferences during menstruation, which will cause physiological ischemia.

2. For women, "women are based on blood and use blood". Menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and leucorrhea will all consume yin blood. The menstrual period itself is a relatively weak period, and donating blood would just make the weakness even worse. It will be even more difficult to recover later.

3. During menstruation, many women's immunity and physical strength are reduced, making them unsuitable for blood donation. In other words, if they donate blood during menstruation, their own blood cells will not recover easily, which will further cause physical damage, making them prone to fatigue and illness.

2. How to replenish Qi and blood after women donate blood

Pay attention to nutritional balance after donating blood

After donating blood, adding some nutrition appropriately, eating some lean meat, eggs, soy products, fresh fruits and vegetables, etc., can promote faster recovery of blood components. But avoid overeating and don't drink alcohol. As long as you eat scientifically and reasonably, with nutritional value, delicious, comfortable and moderate, you can restore the lost blood in a short time.

Pay attention to rest. You should pay attention to rest 1 to 2 days after donating blood. It is best to ensure more than 8 hours of sleep a day. After donating blood, do not do heavy physical labor or strenuous exercise, give your body some time to adapt; do less mentally exhausting work such as studying, reading, watching TV, surfing the Internet, etc., and a good rest is like taking a tonic. After donating blood, you should also increase your water intake to replenish lost body fluids; you can also drink some brown sugar water to replenish iron and blood.

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of whether it is possible to donate blood during menstruation. Women should try not to donate blood during menstruation, otherwise it will cause great harm to their health. And if women donate blood after menstruation, they should also pay attention to regulating their own bodies so that other problems will not occur.