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Donating Blood
Any training tips here?
For over 10 years of donating I've never had any side effects besides the bruise. Now I'm low-carbing it. I'm down to 190 lbs - I lost 30 lbs in 6 months. I donated recently, and that evening I got very dizzy twice while getting up quickly, and I got easily winded for a few days. (But no bruise!) Just a coincidence? |
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"Joe" wrote in message ... Any training tips here? For over 10 years of donating I've never had any side effects besides the bruise. Now I'm low-carbing it. I'm down to 190 lbs - I lost 30 lbs in 6 months. I donated recently, and that evening I got very dizzy twice while getting up quickly, and I got easily winded for a few days. (But no bruise!) Just a coincidence? What you're describing sounds more fluid related than carb/calorie related. Did you increase fluids to compensate for your donation? It probably wouldn't hurt to carb up a little before donating, but more importantly, fluid load before and after, that's what DH and I find works best. You may also want to see your PCP and get a Hemoglobin and Hematocrit done, just to get an idea of where you stand before your next donation. Sas 154/138/130 (highest weight 164) John 237/193/180 lc since 9/12/03 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.634 / Virus Database: 406 - Release Date: 3/18/2004 |
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Joe,
I donate blood and plasma regularly and haven't had that problem while on low-carb. I did after donating plasma one time, but that was when I was over 300 pounds and wasn't on low-carb at all. One thing that has changed; I can't donate as much plasma as I used to be able to; they go by body weight to determine how much you can donate at a time. Mark. "Joe" wrote in message ... Any training tips here? For over 10 years of donating I've never had any side effects besides the bruise. Now I'm low-carbing it. I'm down to 190 lbs - I lost 30 lbs in 6 months. I donated recently, and that evening I got very dizzy twice while getting up quickly, and I got easily winded for a few days. (But no bruise!) Just a coincidence? |
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On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 17:24:13 GMT, Joe wrote:
Any training tips here? For over 10 years of donating I've never had any side effects besides the bruise. Now I'm low-carbing it. I'm down to 190 lbs - I lost 30 lbs in 6 months. I donated recently, and that evening I got very dizzy twice while getting up quickly, and I got easily winded for a few days. (But no bruise!) Just a coincidence? Many people get dizzy when they stand up quickly. It's basically a sign that you have an instance of low blood pressure (from the quick standing, drawing blood away from the brain) that the body couldn't quickly compensate for. Now, having donated a pint of blood you will tend to have lower blood pressure until your body replaces the fluid levels in your bloodstream. This can take a day or two, even if you load up your stomach with fluids after donating. It varies a bit from person to person. Since you have lost 30 pounds, it's quite likely that your body is already running a slightly lower BP than it had been used to 6 months ago (generally a good thing, of course). When you add the blood donation you dropped it some more - and when you suddenly stood up, you dropped it enough (in your head) that it couldn't =immediately= compensate. Most healthy people experience it at some time or another, whether low-carbing or not, having donated blood or not. It's generally nothing to worry about. As for the lack of bruises - perhaps you had more skilled nurses inserting the needle this time, or perhaps you used to be deficient in vitamin K on your old diet and now are getting enough. Since you seem to indicate that a bruise was common for you before when donating, I suspect that the diet may be at work here. I know that I'm eating more broccoli on LC, for example. Good source of Vit K. Also brussell sprouts, cabbage, kale, beef liver, green tea, cheese, spinach and several other foods that are found on most LC diets. Having donated over 100 pints myself, I found "after-effects" for myself to be very rare - and bruising pretty much only happened when they were quite obviously having a difficult time with the needle. But people with low levels of vitamin K bruise much more easily. |
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