What are the importance/significance of donating blood to the donor?

eerr, first, you don't give blood to the "DONOR".
the donor is the one who gives blood, not the one who receives it.

second:correct me if im wrong, but medyo malayo yata ang kinalaman ng skin allergies sa pag donate ng dugo...

Originally posted by sexygoon
Once kasi na mag donate ka ng blood ma rereplenish un, mapapalitan yung dugo na nawala, i've heard ung ibang cause ng skin allergies ay sa dugo, maybe madumi ang dugo.

So, may second question is, kung ang isang tao ay may skin allergy let say ang cause ng allergy ay sa dugo. Once na nag donate siya ng dugo, Is there a possibility na mawala ang allergy?

thanks a lot

it is very true that the blood that you donate is being replenished within 24 hours by our kidneys once you donated blood. what do you get from donating? you are actually helping someone who is in need of blood. in case it was used in a life threatening situation like for surgery, stabbing incident etc. you may have saved a life of a patient. if you are not donating blood for a fee (there are cases like these) then you reward will be from "UP THERE"!!!!

skin allergies are caused by allergens which maybe present in dust particles, smoke, medications, weather, food, insects etc. your body reacts to these allergies differently. common symptoms include rashes, flushing, sneezing etc. when you check the blood of these patients there may be increase in eosinophil! this is one component of our blood that usually increase in allergies and parasitism. this however doesn't mean that your blood is impure or dirty. its just a normal reaction of our body.

in other words donating blood won't probably cure your allergies but i certainly hope you continue on donating blood. you can help a lot of patients especially the indigent ones by doing this. i myself is doing it at least once a year!!!!