# Asthma — Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services

For Asthma, blood service is American Red Cross (US); 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, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Criterion:** Asthma _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Blood service:** American Red Cross (US) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **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: appears in the quote below)_
- **Outcome:** accept _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 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.

## Source

- https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/eligibility-requirements/eligibility-criteria-alphabetical.html

Last verified: 2026-08-06. Review by: 2027-02-02.
Part of [Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services](https://referencesource.org/blood-donor-deferral-criteria/).