JPAC Joint United Kingdom (UK) Blood Transfusion and Tissue Transplantation Services Professional Advisory Committee

Thyroid Disease

ObligatoryMust not donate if:
a) Under investigation.

b) Malignant.

c) Less than six months from treatment with radioactive iodine therapy.

d) Less than 24 months from stopping treatment with anti-thyroid tablets.
DiscretionaryIf on stable maintenance treatment with thyroxine, (three months on the same dose), accept.
See if RelevantAutoimmune Disease
Malignancy
Surgery
Additional InformationAn over or an under active thyroid increases the risk of heart disease.

Treatments used to treat an overactive thyroid are potentially harmful to the unborn child of a transfused mother.
Reason for changeStable maintenance treatment has been defined as three months on the same dose.
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Update Information

This entry was last updated in:
DSG-WB Edition 203, Release 04 Issue 02.