Why can't I give blood, I lived in Germany for a few years?
That's what the nurse said, I can't give blood because I lived in Germany. What happened in Germany?
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Maybe because you lived abroad. I don't really know.
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come on its hitler land they dont want hitler land blood lol idk realy nothin to be worried about
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It may be because Germany discovered birds with the H5N1 flu virus not so long ago. It may have to do with that and not wanting to bring that into blood supplies that have not yet been exposed to that. It may also be from Variant Creutzfeld-Jacob's Disease (vCJD) (AKA: Mad Cow - the human form.) which can come from eating contaminated European beef supplies.
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there may have been something in Germany i dno.... but isn't it better to be safe then sorry?? beside you still know in your heart you tried to help or ask the nurse next time
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If you've lived in Germany for more than 6 months, blood banks do not allow you to donate blood because you might have CJD (human variant of Mad Cow Disease).
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In many other countries people can pick up diseases or blood agents that carry a disease from other countries. Just the same people from china can't give blood because they may have traces of SARS. So they just don't want to risk it. Its a generous thought though.
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Don't know- perhaps they're worried your health records aren't adequate/or in German?
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red cross
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I'm clueless about this... In Belgium we are not allowed to give blood if we've been in Africa but it says nothing about Germany... Go and ask further questions...
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I know if you lived in the UK between certain years you can't due to the mad cow disease...was there some sort of epidemic (even if it didn't affect humans) like that in Germany? I can't think...or could it be due to some nuclear thing maybe? Was there ever an incident which could have caused even slight damage to the environment and therefore possibly found it's way into the human system? They have t be cautious with these things.
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They rarely if ever take blood from somebody who has been out of the country, You may have drank the local water or been exposed to something witch may endanger the life of the person who needs the blood which is usually someone very sick. I could donate blood for years after getting out of the Navy because I went to Europe and cetral America.
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Germany has had 25 cases of Mad Cow disease. Here's what the Red Cross says in their guidelines. Persons who have spent long periods of time in countries where "mad cow disease" is found are not eligible to donate. This requirement is related to concerns about variant Creutzfeld Jacob Disease (vCJD).
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