A 1990 study investigated violent behavior among severely mentally ill individuals in 1,401 randomly selected families who were members of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI). In the preceding year, 11 percent of these individuals were reported to have physically harmed another person.
You can donate after you have finished a course of oral antibiotics for a bacterial or viral infection as long as you have taken the last pill as of the date of donation. If you received an antibiotic by injection, you can donate as long as it has been 10 days since your last injection.
Before you donate plasma. 1  Drink 6 to 8 cups of water or juice the day before and day of your donation. 2  Eat a protein-rich, iron-rich meal no more than 3 hours before donating.  Donât eat fatty foods like french fries, potato chips, pizza, or sweets the day you donate.