Donated blood but blood clotted in the bag? Low iron, low blood pressure?!


Question: Donated blood but blood clotted in the bag!? Low iron, low blood pressure!?
I tried to donate blood for the first time!. I had an iron level of 12!.5 (just made cutoff of 12!.5 to donate) and my diastolic blood pressure was 48 after 2 readings on my left arm and 56 on my right arm!. The cut off for diastolic blood pressure was 50!. They allowed me to donate!. About 2 minutes into donating, they had to move the needle around and then eventually had to stop because the blood was clotting in the bag!.

I'm not really sure what all this means!. I had diarrhea for about 2 weeks last month!. I went to the doctor and they told me it could have been caused by stress!. Any ideas of what this could mean!? Could there be an underlying medical condition here!?Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
Blood will naturally clot when it touches a foreign surface, such as the bag!. Normally they will add an anticoagulant in order to prevent this from happening!. Whatever the reason for why your blood clotted in the bag, I would really doubt that it's somehow your fault!. Your blood was just doing what is physiologically normal!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

your fine!.!.!.some blood just clots faster then other blood!it culd b your iron levels (your blood would have been a lighter red then normal) but its nothing to be worried aboutWww@Answer-Health@Com





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