Being as a Consultant Physician I would say If you have no complications from your diabetes such as eye, blood vessel or kidney problems and your diabetes is well controlled through diet or oral medication, you will be able to donate. But if you’re Type 1 Insulin Dependent Diabetic You are not Allowed to Give Blood Donation because it would harm your Health and you are at Risk of Hypoglycemic Shock. Insulin and blood donation the relation is People who take insulin are not allowed to give blood, which excludes both people with type 1 diabetes and people with type 2 diabetes who are insulin-dependent. The affect of blood donations on insulin levels is considered a risk to the donor's health. Regards

While little data is available on the subject, and i am sharing it first before i make my personal suggestions:

Stainsby D et al after acknowledging the limited data on this subjects have not found much issues with diabetics donating blood.

Reference: Stainsby D et al. Safety of blood donation from individuals with treated hypertension or non-insulin dependent type 2 diabetes - a systematic review. Vox Sang. 2010 Apr;98(3 Pt 2):431-40. doi: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2009.01275.x.

I personally interpret that if a perosn is otherwise fit and not taking insulin or heavy anti-diabetic drugs or is having other co-morbid conditions then he can give donate blood

Regards

Diabetic patients can donate blood as long as they are not insulin dependant (therefore, type 1 patients are automatically unsuitable for donation). This is because the use of insulin is considered hazardous for de recipient.

Other conditions that may impair a diabetic patient from donating blood are: Heart disease, diabetic ulcers (past or present), and pancreatic tissue transplant. The rationale behind it is the same, it is considered that since complications have appeared in the subject, his/her blood is too risky for the blood recipient.

The Canadian health service gives short information regarding diabetes and blood donation on its elegibility criteria (https://blood.ca/en/blood/abcs-eligibility)

the rational, the hypoglycemic risks....

fred

I think person who wish to donate blood should be free from any disease

blood donations is a great gift for life, but there are lot of precautions to take, the first is to keep alive the donor, the second is to not contaminate people. diabetes here is not a risk for receivers, only for donors.

fred

Being as a Consultant Physician I would say If you have no complications from your diabetes such as eye, blood vessel or kidney problems and your diabetes is well controlled through diet or oral medication, you will be able to donate. But if you’re Type 1 Insulin Dependent Diabetic You are not Allowed to Give Blood Donation because it would harm your Health and you are at Risk of Hypoglycemic Shock. Insulin and blood donation the relation is People who take insulin are not allowed to give blood, which excludes both people with type 1 diabetes and people with type 2 diabetes who are insulin-dependent. The affect of blood donations on insulin levels is considered a risk to the donor's health. Regards

Following ..good question

dr . Onengiyeofori...

Generally, well controlled diabetic subject can donate blood. But according to the guidelines and rules no.

Dear Bashir Abdrhamn Bashir Mohamed

Good day.Can you share those guidelines?

Regards

Why not... the diabetic patient is normal person IF he controls his blood sugar by diet , exercise, and medicine.

Thank you all for your answers. They were very helpful.

Dear/ Sikandar

You can review the NHS blood and transplant of UK.

Unfortunately, people with diabetes won't, in most cases, be eligible to give blood. At least, not in the UK.

This is because NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) maintain a policy of refusing blood donations from anybody who may be placed at risk by giving blood. In many cases, this includes people with diabetes.

I suppose that Not, since a donor will be a generally healthy person

Any condition put the person at risk when donate blood make him ineligible, in term of protection. However, in T2DM in the absence of complications, donation won’t put the pt at risk.

Dear Marianne Levon Shahsuvaryan & Bashir Abdrhamn Bashir Mohamed

I may tend to agree here especially if someone has a de-compensated or poorly controlled diabetes or is on insulin.But multiple cases of diabetes cases are simply diet or metfromin manged talking about T2DM. I shared my references above.

Denying T2DM for blood donation will probably deprive multiple donors. There are athletes, soldiers and so many diabetics living normal healthy life where i guess donating 1 pint wont be causing any harm.

I further suggest the case may be personalized to the individual fitness of patient. To again my stance i am attaching some USA based web link on blood donation guidelines where it is clearly stated that stable diabetics and hypertensives can donate blood.

Regards

My vote is no,because a blood donor should be disease free

Thank you all for your various contributions. They were indeed very helpful.

If the person is taking insulin, is not allowed to donate the blood.

I agree with you Entedhar Sarhat

Regards

Agreed if a donor taking meds which could harm the blood recipient should not donate blood till the effects of meds are over

as a donor selection criteria (free from chronic diseases e.g -diabetic hypertension, asthmatic.etc

If you have no complications from your diabetes such as eye, blood vessel or kidney problems and your diabetes is well controlled through diet or oral medication, you will be able to donate.

My vote is NO too. Diabetics are deferred based on blood transfusion guidelines. Secondly, in a poorly controlled diabetes, even before any obvious complications the blood may have perturbed RBC deformability, platelet function (due to activation), abnormal aggregability, and altered rheology. These may render the blood less useful to the recipient (s).

A stable diabetic,not on insulin can donate blood. Moreover, diabetes is a spectrum of beta cell dysfunction stating from high range hyperglycemia, per-diabetes, diabetes, uncontrolled diabetes

i think a stable person should donate

Regards

I would say NO because diabetic persons would certainly have in addition to being diabetic, other associated ailments involving kidney, muscle and liver. Hence it is safer for blood donor as well as recipients if diabetics blood donation is not accepted.

Kindly go through the following RG discussion threads.

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can_diabetic_people_donate_blood

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can_diabetic_people_donate_blood2

Diabetic (type 1 and type 2 diabetes) are eligible for donation if his/her blood controlled and the requirements:

• be in good health in general and on the day you donate
• weigh at least 110 pounds
• be 16 years or older (age requirement varies by state.