Eczema

For Eczema and Dermatitis:

You can give blood if the area affected is small and is being treated with only an ointment or a cream and the venepuncture site at the elbow is not affected.

You can give blood if the venepuncture site at the elbow was affected and is now healed.

You cannot give blood if large areas of skin are affected until they are all healed.

You can give blood 2 weeks after an infected area has healed.

You cannot give blood of you are applying steroid creams over large areas.

You cannot give blood if you needed to take steroid tables for 6 months or more in the last 12 months even if you are not taking steroid tables at present.

You cannot give blood for 12 months after you had treatment with PUVA.