You and your friend decide to donate blood together one

Last updated: 7/29/2022

You and your friend decide to donate blood together one Friday afternoon. After your donation your friend suggests the two of you go for drinks at a nearby bar. Why might this be a bad idea? Alcohol is a vasodilator, meaning it will widen your capillaries and thus lower your blood pressure making you pass out. Alcohol is a vasodilator, meaning it will shrink your capillaries and thus lower your blood pressure making you pass out. Alcohol is a vasodilator, meaning it will widen your capillaries and thus increase your blood pressure making you pass out. O Alcohol is a vasodilator, meaning it will shrink your capillaries and thus increase your blood pressure making you pass out. Trick question: it is recommended you drink after giving blood because it will thwart bacterial infection.