Donating Blood
Why should I donate blood? What will I get by donating blood? Is it worth it? Do these feelings come to you when you see a blood donation campaign somewhere around you?
To be honest, I always had these feelings. I had a huge body, but I hesitated to give blood. Yet I would feel a kind of jealousy when my lean and thin friends visited the blood donation camps and came with a
certificate in their hand. So one day in college, I searched the Internet to see what the advantages of donating blood could possibly be. I learnt that donating blood was an excellent way to get rid of excess iron accumulated in our body. Excess iron stimulates the formation of free radicals which are responsible for damaging our body cells and tissues.
Blood donation is beneficial from another view also as it burns the extra calories and reduces the cholesterol level. When we donate blood, the blood cell count decreases in our body, and this stimulates
the bone marrow to produce new red blood corpuscles (RBC) to compensate the loss. Hence the production of new blood refreshes the system.
Another advantage is that you get a free checkup for blood-borne diseases like malaria and HIV. Also we are handed a Red Cross card, which gives us priority at a time when we need blood. Let's not forget
that positive feelings are associated with it. Wow! After discovering all these, would it not be stupid if I still didn't go for it? But those nurses with the thick needles, pipes made me nervous. But since I had already noted down my name, I had no option but to go through it.
Totally nervous, I lay on a chair, watching blood drip into the plastic pouch. Within moments, it was all over. There was an initial feeling of weakness, but it was over in no time. I had donated blood and that was what mattered! When there is nothing but benefits, besides doing some social service, why should we hesitate to donate blood? Once the first attempt is made, it is most likely that you will be excited in donating the second time, too.
One research shows that 5 per cent of the world's total population donates blood, and if five more per cent donated blood, there would be no scarcity of blood. So let's wake up and start donating blood.
PUBLISHED IN THE RISING NEPAL (JAN 13 2010)
Why should I donate blood? What will I get by donating blood? Is it worth it? Do these feelings come to you when you see a blood donation campaign somewhere around you?
To be honest, I always had these feelings. I had a huge body, but I hesitated to give blood. Yet I would feel a kind of jealousy when my lean and thin friends visited the blood donation camps and came with a
certificate in their hand. So one day in college, I searched the Internet to see what the advantages of donating blood could possibly be. I learnt that donating blood was an excellent way to get rid of excess iron accumulated in our body. Excess iron stimulates the formation of free radicals which are responsible for damaging our body cells and tissues.
Blood donation is beneficial from another view also as it burns the extra calories and reduces the cholesterol level. When we donate blood, the blood cell count decreases in our body, and this stimulates
the bone marrow to produce new red blood corpuscles (RBC) to compensate the loss. Hence the production of new blood refreshes the system.
Another advantage is that you get a free checkup for blood-borne diseases like malaria and HIV. Also we are handed a Red Cross card, which gives us priority at a time when we need blood. Let's not forget
that positive feelings are associated with it. Wow! After discovering all these, would it not be stupid if I still didn't go for it? But those nurses with the thick needles, pipes made me nervous. But since I had already noted down my name, I had no option but to go through it.
Totally nervous, I lay on a chair, watching blood drip into the plastic pouch. Within moments, it was all over. There was an initial feeling of weakness, but it was over in no time. I had donated blood and that was what mattered! When there is nothing but benefits, besides doing some social service, why should we hesitate to donate blood? Once the first attempt is made, it is most likely that you will be excited in donating the second time, too.
One research shows that 5 per cent of the world's total population donates blood, and if five more per cent donated blood, there would be no scarcity of blood. So let's wake up and start donating blood.
PUBLISHED IN THE RISING NEPAL (JAN 13 2010)
2 comments:
i think i will donate blood now....:)
Cool! See student of business explains all this...it will be hell out there if student of MBBS fails to make donation....lol
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