Chronic Illnesses — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))
What is the waiting period for Chronic Illnesses — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))?
For Chronic Illnesses, waiting period is no waiting period; condition is as long as you feel well, the condition is under control, and you meet all other eligibility requirements; outcome is accept; blood service is American Red Cross (US), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.
Most chronic illnesses are acceptable as long as you feel well, the condition is under control, and you meet all other eligibility requirements.
— 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
- Chronic Illnesses verified
- Blood service
- American Red Cross (US) our reading
- Waiting period
- no waiting period
- Condition
- as long as you feel well, the condition is under control, and you meet all other eligibility requirements 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