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What Causes Severe Headaches After Donating Plasma?

It s only happened when donating plasma but I get these really bad headach/migraine after. It s only on the right side of my head. It feels like my eye is going to explode and i can feel it all through the right side of my jaw and teeth. I ve never had a headache that bad until I donated plasma and it only happens sometimes when I do
Tue, 20 Jun 2017
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Hello dear
Welcome to Healthcaremagic.com
I have gone through your concern in depth .

@ There are various reasons causing transient circulatory disturbances
following plasma donation through
- fasting state before donation - imbalance in distribution of existing
blood supply to the vital organs - transient cerebral hypo perfusion -
psychological - others
@ Simple measures as - drinking hot tea , coffee with glucose intake
reverses the situation instantly .

Hope this will help you definitely .
Feel free to ask any further questions dear .
Thanks for evaluating my answer thoroughly .
Regards .
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What Causes Severe Headaches After Donating Plasma?

Hello dear Welcome to Healthcaremagic.com I have gone through your concern in depth . @ There are various reasons causing transient circulatory disturbances following plasma donation through - fasting state before donation - imbalance in distribution of existing blood supply to the vital organs - transient cerebral hypo perfusion - psychological - others @ Simple measures as - drinking hot tea , coffee with glucose intake reverses the situation instantly . Hope this will help you definitely . Feel free to ask any further questions dear . Thanks for evaluating my answer thoroughly . Regards .