14 june is celebrated as World Blood Donor Day all over the world.This event serves to raise awareness among the masses for the need of blood donation for safe blood.The campaign for this year is to donate blood in emergency and the slogan this year is "What can you do? Give blood. Give now. Give often".
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The blood donated by a single person can save up to 3 lives according to the red cross.
Make sure you meet the following criteria before donating blood:
Your age must be above 18
There should be no infection in the body while donating blood.
you should not have high blood pressure
you should not be underweight.
Do not donate blood while you are pregnant or menstruating as it may bring toll upon your health.
Things you need to do after blood donation:
After donating blood one should take care of their health because the body take 24 hours to replenish the blood that is donated.
Immediately after donating blood one should drink fruit juice or glucose drink.
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Avoid smoking ,caffeine and drink plenty of fluid.
Avoid physical work for some time .