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Fainting/seizures while donating blood?
I went to a blood drive with several close friends today. While I was perfectly fine, one of my friends, right after they had finished taking blood, fainted. Since I was already done (and since we were in a bloodmobile), I couldn't get a good look, but one of my friends fainted right after they had finished with him. I thought at first that he had just fainted, no biggie, but then he seemed to stiffen up and literally drum his feet against the chair while unconscious.
He doesn't remember any of it beyond realizing he was going to black out, and obviously I was scared to death when he wouldn't wake up and started what seemed like a seizure, especially because his chair was in the way and I couldn't see what was happening or do anything about it.
Basically, is it normal for this to happen, and why does it happen?
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
it happens to the weak
- Anonymous5 years ago
It's the one thing about donating blood that makes me feel queasy. It's not the needle - it's just the thought about the blood draining from my arm. I honestly do not think I could take it. I'm sorry if that makes me come across as weak and pathetic. Thank God there are people who can stand it. But I just know that I would pass out. I have known people to faint in the past. I don't want to add myself to this statistic!!