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Is it true if you get a tattoo you cannot give blood or get an epidural during labor?
One of them is true, you cant give blood for a full 12 months after getting inked. Not sure about the epidural though, shouldn't think it would matter.
Why are you not permitted to give blood after a year of getting a tattoo?
The Chance of hepatitis & other diseases are more likely after a tattoo.
Why do you have to wait a year to give blood after getting a tattoo?
Because the ink from a tattoo is still in your bloodstream for up to a year after it is completed.
Is it True you cannot donate blood after you get a tattoo?
Yes, you have to wait 12 months after getting tattooed to give blood.
If you give a tattoo should there be blood?
tattoo and blood donationYou can give blood BEFORE a tattoo but the Red Cross has a restriction on blood donation AFTER a tattoo. I am not sure if it if one year or three years. **It was a year, but they recently changed it to 6 months.But I've never heard of anything saying you can't give blood before a tattoo. Go give blood!
How long do you have to wait to give blood after getting a tattoo?
12 months
How do you find out your blood type even if you cant find your birth certificate and you dont want to give some blood?
You cant
You are pregnant wanting a small tattoo and the doctor and tattoo artist assured me it would be fine but I am scared?
Your doctor is an idiot for telling you it would be fine. And your tattooist is not a doctor and is not qualified to give such advice. All doctors who actually know what they are talking about will tell you to wait until after you give birth - tattoo ink can enter the blood, blood which you are sharing with your baby.
Do octopus and sqids have red blood?
No the squid and octopuses blood is blue. Sorry i cant give a spiel about why their blood is blue. :)
Can you give blood to a relative with tattoos?
Tattooed people can't donate blood because of the inherent risks that might come to whoever receives the blood. The risks that the ink from the tattoo might have infected the bloodstream can give the recipient blood diseases.
Can you give blood after 7 months from getting a peirding?
Yes you can, i asked how long you have to wait till you give blood after getting a peircing....and they said 6-7 months:) if you got a tattoo you have to wait a year.
Why do people give blood?
People give blood to help other people that may have problems,disease,or may have been in an accident and have lost a lot of blood, (in which they may require a blood transfusion).
