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In blood donations you do not have any replacement either, correct? So from that perspective is there any advantage over plasma donations?
by graeme 6y ago
In blood donations you do not have any replacement either, correct? So from that perspective is there any advantage over plasma donations?
- citizenkeen 6y agoYou can donate plasma twice a week, as opposed to every other month for blood.
- excalibur 6y agoAlso you typically get paid a small fee for donating plasma.
- Mouse47 6y agoI'm not sure! Straight up blood donation takes away some stuff that takes a while to regenerate, so you're not allowed to donate more often than once every 8 weeks. By contrast, you can donate plasma twice a week in the US (although if I remember correctly, other countries limit you to once every two weeks). In other words, what they take out of you during blood donations is a lot more...precious. I'm O- though so I don't know if they'll let me donate plasma (they want my blood!). I was thinking of alternating plasma and blood in order to get a little bit of both if I can.