World Blood Donor Day 2020: 5 Amazing Health Benefits Of Donating Blood

The need for the 'Blood' is universal… Every person needs blood to live and to lead a happy life! But every 2 seconds we see witness some or the accident happening somewhere in the whole world. This makes the victims lose their blood and it becomes necessary to infuse it further to go with surgical procedures or any treatment.

Enough blood levels are needed for any victim to operate on his body. Thus, the donation of blood stands ahead of all your good deeds and makes you save a life. If a victim's blood levels fall low with an accident or illness, enough oxygen supply will not be done to maintain their vital organs.

So, to create awareness among the people about the importance of 'Blood Donation', WHO has dedicated 14th June for this live-saving activity and announced it as 'World Blood Donation Day'. There is a myth among many people that, donating blood will make them fall weak. But, it's wrong, blood cells multiply themselves by eating healthy food. And for your information, only a few ml of blood will be taken from each person if they are wishing to donate it. Blood cells can easily re-made in your body by having healthy food as the body makes about two million red blood cells every second.

Here is the list of activities which one should do on this Blood Donor Day…

• Start donating the blood knowing the importance of blood donation and also encourage your near and dear to do the same.

• Raise awareness among the people by doling out the importance of blood donation and stating how it helps to save lives.

• Go with demonstrating the need for universal access to safe blood transfusion and make others know the effective health care benefits of donating blood.

We Hans India have listed down a few health benefits of 'Blood Donation' to make our readers know the importance of this special day… Have a look!

1. Reproduction Of New Red Blood Cells

Within 48 hours of blood donation, the donor's body starts reproducing the lost blood cells. Thus, the donor stays healthy and his body will be boosted with productive work after donating blood.

2. Lowers The Risk Of Heart Disease

Blood donation raises the iron level in the blood with the reproduction of red blood cells. Thus, the increase in iron levels will definitely lower the rate of heart disease.

3.Burns Excess Calories

Each time you donate blood, approximately 650 calories will be burnt for every 450 ml of blood. So, this can be a good point for all the weight watchers too.

4. Free Blood Test

Wanna know you are completely healthy or not? Then the simple way is to donate your blood as it will be examined before transfusing it to victims. All your medical history will be out once you donate the blood and it is done with a free of cost as the donor receives a free mini health check-up.

5. How Often Can One Donate Blood?

It can be done once in 3 months and in-between this gap, the hemoglobin count gets to the normal level.

Who Can Donate Blood?

Not every person is allowed to donate his blood, this activity also has some rules… Have a look! Years

• Donor's age should be in between 18-60 years.

• He/she should have a hemoglobin count not less than 12.5 g/dl.

• Coming to weight, the donor should weigh 45 kgs or more and the normal body temperature should be normal at the time of donation.