Guys thanks for your replies. Fordy, may be you are right, doctors just don't know the answer and I shouldn't mention my KC in application.
Please write me a personal message when you get an info.
Thanks
Blood donation
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- melissa
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- Keratoconus: Yes, I have KC
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- Location: South Africa
Re: Blood donation
in South Africa they will happily take your blood if you have KC. after a graft they exclude you for a period of 4 months. after that they will accept your blood again.
Due to the ridiculously high HIV rate in SA- all blood is tested thoroughly before use.
Due to the ridiculously high HIV rate in SA- all blood is tested thoroughly before use.
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Re: Blood donation
Hi everyone
I started to fell weak vision in the same week that i gave blood first time and some weeks later I was diagnosed with keratoconus. 30%vision on left eye.
It was 6years ago and i was 18.
I didn't associate the sensations until discover that in traditional chinese medicine, in a general way, to treat eye diseases it's give herbs to improve blood quality and quantity.
Carlos
I started to fell weak vision in the same week that i gave blood first time and some weeks later I was diagnosed with keratoconus. 30%vision on left eye.
It was 6years ago and i was 18.
I didn't associate the sensations until discover that in traditional chinese medicine, in a general way, to treat eye diseases it's give herbs to improve blood quality and quantity.
Carlos
- Bob Mason
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- Keratoconus: No, I don't suffer from KC
- Vision: I don't have KC
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Re: Blood donation
Hi everyone
If you have had a transplant (in this case a cornea) it is odds on that you are taking some form of immuno-suppresent drug. Most of you will be taking some thing like Dexamethasone which is a topical steroid. This is the reason your blood can not be used because most patients requiring a blood transfusion are not in the best of health so the last thing they want is an immuno-suppresent drug which may hinder their bodies fight against what is wrong with them. I am lead to believe that The UK Blood and Trasplant policy is that no one who has had a transplant of any sort is accepted as a donor just in case.
I can't imagine that any of you would be pleased if you found out your blood had adversly affect the person thay gave it to - it just isn't worth the risk.
I how this helps
Bob
If you have had a transplant (in this case a cornea) it is odds on that you are taking some form of immuno-suppresent drug. Most of you will be taking some thing like Dexamethasone which is a topical steroid. This is the reason your blood can not be used because most patients requiring a blood transfusion are not in the best of health so the last thing they want is an immuno-suppresent drug which may hinder their bodies fight against what is wrong with them. I am lead to believe that The UK Blood and Trasplant policy is that no one who has had a transplant of any sort is accepted as a donor just in case.
I can't imagine that any of you would be pleased if you found out your blood had adversly affect the person thay gave it to - it just isn't worth the risk.
I how this helps
Bob
Today is not soon enough to do what should have been done yesterday - at least that is what my Granny used to say. Trouble is I need a 26 hr day and a nine day week just to keep up.
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