What's your blood type?

[Noirish]

Not sure.

I thought an exact thread like this was locked by mod earlier?

 

[element]

Originally posted by: edro13
Are there any take home tests, like a pregnancy test to determine my blood type? Apparently my hospital doesn't have my type on record anymore... (yeah right)

Yes there are, google it.

 

[LAUST]

Concentrated Acid

 

[NogginBoink]

Originally posted by: BigDan

Originally posted by: richardycc
I think the rarest is AB-, ~4% of the population have this type. I think they are universal acceptor, so they can take anyone's blood.

No, AB+ would be universal acceptor, AB- would be in trouble getting + blood.

Not necessarily. You *can* give Rh positive cells to an Rh negative recipient. Provided the Rh negative recipient has never had Rh positive cells before, it'll take some time for the recipient to develop Rh antibodies.

You could do it, but only once, and only after verifying the recipeint does not have anti-Rh antibodies. Obviously, this would be an emergency situation, but it can be done.

 

[ohtwell]

Hmmmm.... I don't know!


: ) Amanda

 

[NogginBoink]

oh... and I'm o-pos.

 

[eplebnista]

A+

 

[boyRacer]

Type R

 

[cliftonite]

not sure

 

[TheCorm]

Originally posted by: PipBoy
O+, and where's the frickin poll??

O-

 

[Legendary]

Originally posted by: Apathetic
A+

 

[Eli]

Hmmm... either O+ or O- ... I can't remember.

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: NogginBoink

Originally posted by: BigDan

Originally posted by: richardycc
I think the rarest is AB-, ~4% of the population have this type. I think they are universal acceptor, so they can take anyone's blood.

No, AB+ would be universal acceptor, AB- would be in trouble getting + blood.

Not necessarily. You *can* give Rh positive cells to an Rh negative recipient. Provided the Rh negative recipient has never had Rh positive cells before, it'll take some time for the recipient to develop Rh antibodies.

You could do it, but only once, and only after verifying the recipeint does not have anti-Rh antibodies. Obviously, this would be an emergency situation, but it can be done.

That's sorta related to what women who are Rh- go through when they have an Rh+ baby. They develop antibodies that can cause serious problems for any future Rh+ fetuses they carry. I had to get shots of RhoGAM with each pregnancy to help prevent it.

http://www.mccg.org/childrenshealth/hrpregnant/rhdiseas.asp