Migraine

Must not donate if:

1. Migraine is severe and occurs more than once a week.
2. On prophylaxis with sodium valproate or valproic acid.

Providing the migraine is not severe and occurs less than once a week, even if on prophylactic treatment (except valproate/valproic acid), accept.

Headache
Valproate

Migraine is caused by a disturbance in the normal blood flow to parts of the brain. In its more severe forms it can be severely disabling. By not accepting people with the more severe forms of migraine we hope to prevent precipitating an attack through the process of donating blood.

Any donor who has had severe migraine associated with giving blood on more than one occasion should be advised not to continue as a donor.

Addition of an obligatory deferral for treatment with valproate and a link to the Valproate entry.

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