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Diabetes, Prediabetes — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))

What is the waiting period for Diabetes, Prediabetes — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))?

For Diabetes, Prediabetes, waiting period is no waiting period; condition is if feeling well on the day of donation; outcome is accept; blood service is American Red Cross (US), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

People with diabetes or prediabetes are generally eligible to donate if they are feeling well on the day of their donation. In most situations, the type of medication a donor takes to manage their diabetes or prediabetes does not disqualify them from donating blood.

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.
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Criterion
Diabetes, Prediabetes
Blood service
American Red Cross (US) our reading
Waiting period
no waiting period
Condition
if feeling well on the day of donation
Outcome
accept our reading

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