KESIHATAN JANTUNG

Menderma darah meningkatkan tahap kesihatan secara keseluruhan terutama untuk kardiovaskular anda. Penambahan tahap zat besi dalam darah akan meningkatkan kebarangkalian penyakit jantung. Menderma darah membantu mengurangkan jumlah besi dalam darah. Ia boleh mengurangkan risiko serangan jantung sebanyak 88%. Selain itu, penderma yang kerap boleh mengurangkan risiko kardiovaskular yang teruk seperti strok sebanyak 33%.

MENINGKATKAN PENGELUARAN SEL DARAH

Apabila darah berkurangan, badan penderma akan segera menggantikan darah yang hilang. Sel-sel baru yang dihasilkan oleh sumsum dalam tempoh 48 jam selepas menderma. Kesemua sel-sel darah merah yang hilang semasa menderma digantikan sepenuhnya dalam tempoh satu hingga dua bulan. Oleh itu, menderma darah membantu untuk merangsang pengeluaran sel-sel darah baru. Proses ini boleh membantu badan anda untuk kekal sihat dan bekerja dengan lebih cekap.

MEMBAKAR KALORI

Menderma darah secara tetap juga boleh meningkatkan kecergasan. Menderma satu pain darah (450 ml) akan membakar 650 kalori dalam badan.

MENINGKATKAN KESEJAHTERAAN WARGA EMAS

Ramai orang tua yang sihat telah dilaporkan merasa cergas dan bertenaga apabila menderma darah secara tetap.

MENGURANGKAN RISIKO KANSER

Derma darah juga membantu mengurangkan risiko kanser. Menurut Miller-Keystone Blood Center, menderma darah secara konsisten dikaitkan dengan penurunan risiko kanser, termasuk hati, paru-paru, kolon, perut dan kanser tekak. Tahap risiko yang berkurangan berkait dengan menderma berapa kerap kita menderma.

SARINGAN KESIHATAN PERCUMA

Di samping itu, penderma mendapat pemeriksaan kesihatan percuma serta ujian darah. Ujian tahap HB, tekanan darah dan pemeriksaan badan dilakukan. Darah juga diuji untuk beberapa penyakit utama dan penderma akan dimaklumkan jika mana-mana ujian ini menunjukkan hasil yang positif.

MENYELAMATKAN NYAWA

Dengan menderma darah, banyak nyawa akan diselamatkan. Penderma darah memberi pesakit seperti harapan kepada kehidupan.

MEMBAWA KEBAHAGIAAN 

Apabila anda menderma darah, anda bukan sahaja memberi kesan kepada pesakit yang bergantung hidup atas sumbangan anda. Ia juga anugerah kepada mereka keluarga dan mereka yang terdekat kepada pesakit tersebut. Seluruh masyarakat akan mendapat manfaat daripada kemurahan hati penderma darah.

 Sumber:http://www.tibetcharity.in/content/health-benefits-donating-blood

HEALTH BENEFITS OF DONATING BLOOD

IMPROVES HEART HEALTH

Donating blood improves your overall cardiovascular health. Increased level of iron in the blood raises the chance of heart disease. Regularly donating blood helps males in particular to reduce the amount of iron in the blood. This can reduce the chance of heart attack by 88%. Additionally, regular blood donation can lower the risk of severe cardiovascular events such as stroke by 33%.

ENHANCES THE PRODUCTION OF NEW BLOOD CELLS

When blood is withdrawn, the donor's body immediately begins to replenish the lost blood. New cells are produced by marrow within 48 hours of donation, and all of the red blood cells the donor loses during donation are completely replaced within one to two months. Therefore, donating blood helps to stimulate the production of new blood cells. This process of replenishment can help your body stay healthy and work more efficiently.

BURNS CALORIES

Donating blood on a regular basis can also improve fitness. Donating one pint of blood (450 ml) burns 650 calories in donor's body.

ENHANCES FEELING OF WELL BEING IN ELDERLY PEOPLE

Many elderly people who are in good health have reported feeling invigorated and reenergized by giving blood on a regular basis.

REDUCES CANCER RISK

Give blood to help lower your risk of cancer. According to the Miller-Keystone Blood Center, consistent blood donation is associated with lowered risks of cancers, including liver, lung, colon, stomach and throat cancers. Risk levels drop in correlation with how often participants donate blood.

FREE HEALTH SCREENING DONE

In addition to all of these benefits, a donor receives a free prior health screening plus mini blood test. There will be an HB level test, as well as a blood pressure and body check. Blood is also tested for some major diseases and the donor is immediately informed in strict confidentiality if any of these tests show positive results.

SAVES LIVES

By donating blood, many lives are saved and hope is given to many whose situation may otherwise be hopeless. Blood donors give such patients a second lease of life.

BRINGS JOY TO MANY

When you donate blood, you impact not only the patient whose life may depend on your donation, but also all those who depend on that patient. The entire community will benefit from he spirit of generosity.


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Source : http://www.tibetcharity.in/content/health-benefits-donating-blood

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Thalassaemia is an inherited blood disorder that results in low hemoglobin content in red blood cells. People with thalassaemia are pale (anaemia) and require life-long blood transfusions every 2 to 4 weeks beginning from 6 to 12 months of age. Without blood transfusions, children with thalassaemia will not grow and will die before reaching 10 years old from heart failure due to severe anaemia. Thalassaemia can be cured only with a bone marrow transplant if there is a compatible sibling donor or a suitable cord blood with best outcomes when carried out early before 6 years old.

People with thalassaemia need frequent and regular check-ups with their doctors and nurses at the hospital. They need to come to clinic to get a blood sample taken a day or 2 earlier before any cross-matched compatible blood can be issued for transfusion. Blood transfusion is carried out in a daycare setting and is given through a puncture in the vein. One unit of packed red cell will take between 1½ to 2 hours to complete. An adult thalassaemia usually requires 2 units of packed red cells. In some hospitals where there are no daycare facilities, patients have to be admitted for at least 3 days for blood transfusion.

On average, a patient with thalassaemia will need to make a minimum of 2 visits to the hospital per month. Sometimes when there is a problem in cross-matching they need to come in to get another blood sample drawn. Blood may not always be available on the scheduled day for transfusion due either to shortage or unavailability of compatible units, so patients have to come back another day.

Hence, children with thalassaemia will sometimes have to miss school while adults have to take medical leave from work. This will affect their performance. Children will have to work harder to catch up on their studies and miss out on fun and games while adults will risk losing their jobs. Most of their time is spent at hospitals and they lead a very poor quality of life.

This is only the beginning of the many problems that a patient with thalassaemia will face. Blood transfusion has its complications. The most important is iron overload. One unit of packed red cell contains 200mg of iron. Our body has no mechanism to get rid of excess iron. So iron accumulates in the body of patients with thalassaemia. Iron is very toxic and will damage many organs such as the liver, pancreas, pituitary gland, thyroid gland, ovaries/testes and heart causing liver failure, diabetes mellitus, growth failure, hypothyroidism, hypogonadism, osteoporosis and heart failure.

To prevent complications of iron overload, patients will have to take medications that can get rid of iron called iron chelators. These medications come in 2 forms. One is through subcutaneous self-injections given daily over 10 to 12 hours via a pump and the other is taken orally everyday. These medications have many side effects and can cause painful skin reactions at injection sites, bone pains and deformities, reduced hearing, vomiting, rash, joint pains and increased risk of infections. Therefore patients need close monitoring and follow-up.

Thalassaemia is a major health problem in Malaysia. The life-time cost of treating one thalassaemia patient is estimated to be RM 1 million. Urgent measures have to be taken to prevent the births of newborns with thalassaemia, the result of both parents being carriers for thalassaemia. Having a child with thalassaemia will put a lot of strain not only to the parents but also to the other siblings and may disrupt the family unit.

One in 10 Malaysians are carriers for thalassaemia. Thalassaemia carriers are healthy with a normal hemoglobin level. The only way of detecting a thalassaemia carrier is through a blood test. All adolescents and young adults must undergo a screening test for thalassaemia which is available free of charge at most government clinics/hospitals and also at private laboratories for a small fee. If they are found to be a thalassaemia carrier, they must avoid marrying another carrier.

 By Dr Jameela Sathar, Hospital Ampang
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29 Julai, 2009 16:29 PM

Go Blood Screening For Thalassaemia, Urges TAM

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 (Bernama) -- The Thalassaemia Association of Malaysia (TAM) is urging members of the public to go for screening to determine their health status on this inherited blood disorder.

TAM president Datuk Dr Zulkifli Ismail said this was a crucial preventive step that could save their children from being Thalassaemia patients.

Besides bone marrow transplant, there is no cure as yet for Thalassaemia.

"That is why it is important for people, especially those who are getting married, to go for Thalassaemia screening, because it is the only other way that we can prevent it from spreading and getting worse," he said at a news conference on the inaugural Thalassaemia Awareness Day here Wednesday.

Thalassaemia is an inherited autosomal recessive blood disease, while Thalassaemia major is a disorder where patients cannot make enough haemoglobin because their bone marrow cannot produce enough red blood cells.

Dr Zulkifli said if that both parents were Thalassaemia trait carriers, there was a 25 per cent chance that their children would be born a thalassaemia major, which would require them to undergo monthly blood transfusion to survive, and a 50 per cent chance that they would be carrier of the trait.

He said that based on statistics, at least one out of 20 Malaysians was a Thalassaemia carrier, or approximately 600,000 to one million of the population.

He said the Health Ministry's registry showed that there were some 4,385 Thalassaemia patients are now undergoing monthly blood transfusion, while the number could reach 5,000 by year end.

"This is a startling figure. We hoped that through the event, Malaysians will wake up and take notice of this disorder. We want to get them to do something serious about it, that is to get their blood screened for Thalassaemia," he said.

Thalassaemia Awareness Day 2009 will be held on Aug 9 at Berjaya Times Square from 10am to 8pm.

There will be many activities planned for the day such as blood screening, blood donation campaign and informative games to raise awareness among members of the public on Thalassaemia.

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