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Can you tell me what it's like to fainte giving blood an or giving platelets at a blood drive?

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Dr. Donald Alves answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

Faint w/audience: A faint is a faint. The anxiety and then needle poke can cause you to feel hot all over, then mildly nauseaus, a bit lightheaded and then wake up with a nurse attending you. Cool compress to forehead / back of neck will help it pass quicker (sometimes w/o fainting at all), as will elevating legs (donor chairs can do this).

Answered 7/5/2014

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