Definitions | Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT): Includes any form of HRT, including HRT for menopausal symptoms. |
Obligatory | See: Is there an entry for the condition for which HRT is being given? Must not donate if: a) Used for malignancy. b) A recipient of human gonadotrophin of pituitary origin. c) A recipient of human pituitary growth hormone. d) A recipient of replacement adrenal steroid hormones. |
Discretionary | a) If treatment is for the menopause, its symptoms, or for osteoporosis prevention, accept. b) If treatment is for a shortage of sex hormones, e.g. in some cases of erectile dysfunction and is not related to the treatment of malignancy, accept. c) If treated with growth hormone that was exclusively recombinant, accept. d) If treated with gonadotrophins that were exclusively non-pituitary derived, accept. |
See if Relevant | Adrenal Failure Haemochromatosis Malignancy Prion Associated Diseases Steroid Therapy Thyroid Disease |
Additional Information | There are many reasons why an individual may be deficient in a specific hormone. If this is related directly to malignancy, or to the treatment of malignancy, or to the use of pituitary derived hormones (these have been linked with prion associated diseases), the donor cannot donate in order to protect any person who may receive a donation from that individual. If there is a risk to the safety of the donor, as may be the case with a deficiency of adrenal steroid hormones, then a donation should not be taken. |
Information | Part of this entry is a requirement of the Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005. |
Reason for change | This entry has been extensively rewritten to improve clarity. |
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