Be Careful! Blood Donor Frequently Gives Bad Effect to Your Body

TIMESINDONESIA, JAKARTA – Blood donors have been proven to provide many health benefits. Blood donors can reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, and even lose weight. But unfortunately, the highly frequency of blood donor has the side effects that isn't good for the body.

Reported from Hello Sehat, blood donors activity can be at risk of experiencing iron deficiency if someone do it frequently. The reason is even though the red blood cells can be quickly replaced with new ones, but it isn't with the iron supply in the body.

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Iron deficiency can make a person dizzy, weak, lethargic and unpowerful. It even leads to a decrease in hemoglobin and risks of anemia. If this condition is allowed to continue without treatment, it can lead to iron deficiency or anemia.

These blood donor side effects are sometimes rarely realized. Most people assume that anemia occurs when your body lacks of blood, lacks of food containing iron, or precisely because it has a history of digestive disorders. In fact, doing too often of blood donation can trigger the condition.

In addition to pay attention to the health condition of the body, it is also important caring to the frequency of blood donation that you will do. You can donate blood every 3-4 months and a maximum of 5 times in 2 years. Don't let blood donors make your health worse. (*)

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