Potential Side Effects Of Donating Plasma

Nerve Injury

It's very rare for a nerve injury to occur as a side effect of a needle puncture, though there have been documented cases. In addition to plasma donation, this can also happen when individuals have blood drawn or get vaccinated. One blood center reported only sixty-six cases of nerve damage out of 419,000 donations. The most common symptoms in these sixty-six patients were tingling or numbness, along with radiating or excessive pain. Depending on where the nerve injury occurred, individuals may experience a loss of strength in the hand or arm. About thirty percent of those in this study saw a doctor once or more to follow up on the injury. Of the sixty-six patients, fifty-six responded to the study's survey. Of those fifty-six, fifty-two made a full recovery.