Asthma — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))
What is the waiting period for Asthma — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))?
For Asthma, waiting period is no waiting period; condition is as long as you do not have any limitations on daily activities and are not having difficulty breathing at the time of donation; outcome is accept; blood service is American Red Cross (US), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.
Acceptable as long as you do not have any limitations on daily activities and are not having difficulty breathing at the time of donation and you otherwise feel well. Medications for asthma do not disqualify you from donating.
— redcrossblood.org, retrieved 2026-08-06
no waiting period
How long you must wait before donating (or the age/weight bound), exactly as this blood service prints it — the passage it comes from is quoted on the record page. National services genuinely disagree on the same criterion; check the service you would donate with.
- Criterion
- Asthma verified
- Blood service
- American Red Cross (US) our reading
- Waiting period
- no waiting period
- Condition
- as long as you do not have any limitations on daily activities and are not having difficulty breathing at the time of donation verified
- Outcome
- accept our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
Source
- redcrossblood.orghttps://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/eligibility-requirements/eligibility-criteria-alphabetical.html