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• Not feeling well for any reason, until symptoms are over.
• Cold, sore throat, respiratory infection, flu, until symptoms are over.
• Difficulty of breathing, shortness of breath, asthma, no difficulty breathing on day of donation.
• Antibiotics, two days after treatment is over if taken for infection.
• Blood transfusion, one year after receiving blood.
• Full–term pregnancy, six weeks after delivery.
• Abortion or miscarriage, six weeks if after the first trimester (12 weeks).
• Surgery, serious injury, when healing is completed.
• Dental work, seventy–two hours after root canal or after extraction of tooth.
• Sexually transmitted disease: Venereal disease, chlamydia, genital herpes, syphilis, gonorrhea.
• Have had sex with a male or female prostitute within the past twelve months..
• Open–heart surgery, three years after surgery.
• Measles, mumps, chicken pox, three weeks from day of exposure.
• Tuberculosis (T.B.), two years after completion of treatment.
• Aspirin.
• Sniffed cocaine or any other restricted drugs within last 12 months.
• A woman who is menstruating, (safer to donate a week after it).

• Have used narcotic drugs by intravenous route (injecting directly in the vein), even once.
• If you are suffering from conditions like hemophilia , Thallasemia or any other blood disorder.
• Had a positive antibody test for HIV (aids virus).
• If you are a commercial sex worker.
• Have had hepatitis any time after your eleventh birthday.
• Have had cancer.
• Have multiple sclerosis.
• If ever had myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass surgery.
• Have had a stroke.
• Have had Chagas disease.

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