Painful when donating blood?

Sometimes I have a dramatic vasovagal response (i.e. I pass out) after having blood drawn or donating blood. Sometimes I don't. This means that I donate blood less than I'd like to. Can I condition myself out of this? This question was prompted by my...

I have a friend who is battling Leukemia, and he recently contracted a fungal infection in his sinuses. Because his body is not generating white blood cells, his immune system cannot fight the infection. The course of action his doctors are taking is...

I plan on donating blood plasma and was wondering if there is anyone who has done so before and can tell me how painful the process is.

I donated blood on Thursday, August 17. I love to ride my bike and play hockey. When would it be safe to go back to intense exercise after donating blood?

Alright, so when I was donating blood I lied about when I was born. I said I was born a year earlier when I actually was because I did not have my parent permission slip signed. I was allowed to donate blood and everything, other than my age I didn't...

What are we helping people with??? Is it like, lost-a-ton-of-blood-in-a-car-crash type thing? Or, birth? Or diabetes? What are we donating the blood to?

So I'm donating blood Tom at school, and I had totally forgotten about it and I smoked weed about 2 weeks ago... Maybe a little less. Someone said that they test your blood right ...show more

When I was donating blood I remember some girl that was about to pass out and they gave her something to wake up. Was that a sort of stimulant? Was it alcohol?

She complained because I jumped when she put the needle in and how my veins retracted when she put the needle in and said I had silly veins. She got her folder and whacked me across my legs and I jumped ten foot. She complained because the blood was...