What Causes Increase In BP After Donating Blood?

Posted on Thu, 6 Aug 2015

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Question : Doctor last week i had asked a query regarding BP and i was very happy with your answers,i have one more query ,actually after donating blood to rotay international at our office premise my bp problem started ,is it just coincidence or can it happen please reply

Answered by Dr. Vaishalee Punj (13 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Its coincidence

Detailed Answer:
Hi and thanks for your query.

Actually on the contrary it decreases blood pressure. It may transiently increase it due to reflex but only for a few minutes or atmost hours.

It is just coincidence that your BP issue started after that.

Hope it helps.

Dr Vaishalee

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar