Comment on Collapsed from low blood pressure before donating blood
phanto@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Me too. It’s the parasympathetic nervous system. You anticipate bleeding. Your body goes, “Bleeding is bad. Drop the blood pressure, that’ll stop the bleeding!” It worked! I see a needle in a medical setting, I’m out like a light. Dentists are fun.
ATDA@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
No kidding. I always got like an “empty” or"draining" feeling before giving blood despite not being afraid of needles. I bet it’s the same phenomenon. Til.