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Every time I do blood work I almost faint.
by koakuma-chan 8mo ago
Every time I do blood work I almost faint.
- janeerie 8mo agoI used to have this problem until I was given the tip to tense various muscles throughout my body during the process. Do not listen to the nurses who tell you to relax!
- OutOfHere 8mo agoI don't know if this will help, but you could try drinking a WHO ORS electrolyte powder packet in room-temperature water just before donating blood. Or you could drink half before, and half after. Drink it slowly, and practice first at home. Or if the fainting is psychological, then work your way up to psychological dominance via multiple blood tests rather than donations.
- koakuma-chan 8mo agoIt's not psychological. I know because there is this one absolutely OP trick I learned from a gym coach, if you feel like you are fainting, lie down on the floor, raise your legs and put them on the wall. Apparently this makes blood flow into your brain or something, and it's magic. You get much better almost instantly. Anyway, I was also told to take sugar before giving blood, so next time I do I'm gonna try both, thanks.
- OutOfHere 8mo agoGood to know. Fwiw, the WHO ORS powder has glucose in it, among other things, which is precisely useful in this context.