Haemochromatosis

You can give blood if:

• You are positive for the Hereditary Haemochromatosis(HH) gene
• You do not suffer from complications as a result of HH e.g. cardiac, liver
• You require maintenance venesections of no more than 8 per year (you can only attend an IBTS clinic 4 times per year with a minimum of 90 days between phlebotomies) 
• You must have had at least 1 therapeutic venesection without complication
• You have not had a venesection in the last two weeks
• You have completed iron depletion therapy

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