Expert answer:
Who has epilepsy can donate blood, since the treatment has been suspended for 3 years and during this period there have been no reports of seizures. If the person who has epilepsy is taking anticonvulsant medication, donation of blood is not allowed.
In cases where the person has a history of seizure up to 2 years of age, usually associated with episodes of fever and not characteristic of epilepsy, it can donate blood.
Ordinance No. 1353 of 2011 of the Ministry of Health (Brazilian law governing hemotherapy) changed the previous criterion that decreed that who had seizures or epilepsy in childhood was not able to donate blood.
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