Thyroid disease - Whole Blood and Components
Essential information
- Obligatory
Must not donate if:
- Under investigation.
- Malignant.
- Less than six months from treatment with radioactive iodine therapy.
- Less than 24 months from stopping treatment with anti-thyroid tablets.
- Less than 8 weeks since commencing thyroid replacement therapy (thyroxine).
- Discretionary
If on stable maintenance thyroid replacement therapy (thyroxine) and there have been no dose changes in the last 4 weeks, accept.
Supporting information
- See if relevant
- Additional information
An over or an under active thyroid increases the risk of heart disease.
Treatments used to treat an overactive thyroid are potentially harmful to the unborn child of a transfused mother.
- Post donation illness
The acceptance criteria for donors on long term thyroxine has been reviewed.