Thyroid Disease

Must 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.

e) Less than 8 weeks since commencing thyroid replacement therapy (thyroxine).

If on stable maintenance thyroid replacement therapy (thyroxine) and there have been no dose changes in the last 4 weeks, accept.

Autoimmune Disease
Malignancy
Surgery

An 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.

The acceptance criteria for donors on long term thyroxine has been reviewed.

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