# How Is The Blood Supply In The US?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-blood-supply-in-the-us/809760>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 28, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-blood-supply-in-the-us/809760 "2018-02-28T16:37:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-blood-supply-in-the-us/809760/41 "2018-09-26T22:59:52Z")

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> [@Melbourne](#):
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> I’m not allowed to give blood here (in Aus) for even more obscure reasons.

Tease. 😃

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**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-blood-supply-in-the-us/809760/42 "2018-09-27T17:36:32Z")

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> [@Machine\_Elf](#):
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> They are indeed set up for that. I tried it once some years ago, and the citrate made my lips tingle. It was a very disconcerting sensation, so I’ve stuck with conventional whole-blood donation ever since.

Taking a couple of Tums before starting the donation will help alleviate that issue. They should have them there. I’m surprised that they didn’t offer them to you when you mentioned the tingling.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-blood-supply-in-the-us/809760/43 "2018-09-27T21:14:31Z")

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> How Is The Blood Supply In The US?

According to my pal Vlad–_ **ZESTY** _.

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**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-blood-supply-in-the-us/809760/44 "2018-09-27T22:32:19Z")

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> [@Cartooniverse](#):
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> Many years ago I did whole platelet aphoresis donation. In that case my tongue and my nose and my lips tingled.

I did some sort of “whizzing something out” and then putting the blood back in me. They told me things might tingle, but I don’t remember that they did. It was supposed to be for a kid with cancer, and they rung me up and told me he was better and I didn’t need to go again. I’m not sure that that was true ☹

I expect that people might feel more “hassled” now by reminders because of emails and sms where they can seem to rain down on you. When it was letter reminders, or phone calls, I think we’d only get them when they had really run short and needed people to show up.

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