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Does Anybody Else Not Know Their Blood Group?

13lizanne said:
Snap! Me too, I was told that we have a rare blood group, can't remember the percentage but it was under 5% of the population I think
My hubby is O rh negative, and he's always getting letters from Blood Donor Service to make sure he attends every six months to donate. I used to donate before t2
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I'm B+ too, my mum was A+ so I think my dad is an AB+

Knew mum's from her being a blood donor and mine from being given 8 pints of whole blood transfusion when I was 18. I did donate until medically they changed mind about people who had whole blood transfusions then due to medication.
 
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I'm O negative, I found this out when I first donated blood when I first came to Australia.

I have not donated any for the last ten years or so, to much heart medication and copd puffers floating around in the system my Doc said give it a miss.
 
Ok folks I've got it...A Rhd Neg, just like Yvonne...how incredible is that for a reasonably "rare" (6% of population) blood type:)

It's now included in my emergency data home lock screen in my iPhone!


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I've got the red stuff ... but as to which type, I haven't a clue

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KevinPotts said:
Ok folks I've got it...A Rhd Neg, just like Yvonne...how incredible is that for a reasonably "rare" (6% of population) blood type:)

It's now included in my emergency data home lock screen in my iPhone!


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I found mine out when I was pregnant, I needed extra injections and to carry a card around with my blood type on, which is also A negative.
 
I found out I was Rh A- when I had my first daughter, I had to have an Anti-D injection within 72 hours of giving birth. In order to prevent rejection of any further pregnancies where the child is born with a + blood type. 3 of my 4 children were born Rh A-.
 
I am type O+ which is a universal donar ...they gave me a blue card many years ago when I wa shaving my first child and told me I could only receive blood from my own blood group but could give my blood to any other blood group. never was told to carry it aroudn with me so probably tucked inside a bag some where lol...
 
KevinPotts said:
I noticed over the past three months within this community that so many people know their Blood Type.

I don't:)...even at 54, so I asked the Dic today, but he explained you can't have the test on the NHS as it is not a medical requirement...fair enough:)

I'd be interested to know who else knows or does not know their blood type?


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Every woman who has had a baby will have been told their blood group! Also if they have been ill (seriously) they may have found out that way. Some nationalities require their blood group to be on the id cards and passports. I know all my kids 3 because they were seriously ill and just was curious about the other 3 (turns out the a+ got ill and the b+ didnt wierd) i also know my parents and my parent in laws!

If you are curious and want to know i bought the test kits on amazon and would say use your own finger pricker as theirs is rubbish, there is also a diet called eat right 4 your blood type, where they believe that your blood type hold the key to what your body can cope with, mine puts me on the low carb diet!
 
PatsyB said:
I am type O+ which is a universal donar ...they gave me a blue card many years ago when I wa shaving my first child and told me I could only receive blood from my own blood group but could give my blood to any other blood group. never was told to carry it aroudn with me so probably tucked inside a bag some where lol...
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The "universal donor" blood group is O neg not O+. You shouldn't give rhesus (D) positive blood to a rhesus (D) negative recipient.
 
KevinPotts said:
OK so another question. How important is it that we know?

If we have to have an emergency transfusion, how quickly can they test, why do they give O as a default when they don't have it in your records?

Just trying to get a bit more knowledge and whether a private test would be useful:)


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The reason for putting 'O' is those with O Rhesus Positive or Negative cannot be given any other blood type. Whereas all the others Blood Types can have 'O' . Hope that helps. I am O Positive as are two of my three sisters, with one being .... O Negative! Our Mum was O Positive, but no idea what our Dad was.
 
While clearing a drawer, i stumbled across my old blood donor cards, which tell me I'm a .................B+.

Shar67 said:
For only 5% of the population there seems a lot of B+ on here
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So I got to thinking, as a group, we could be very useful research data to someone. A Dr Peter d'Adamo claims, "Types A and B are the most susceptible to diabetes". Is there any truth in that? And also "Type B's are also especially susceptible to autoimmune disorders, such as chronic fatigue, lupus, and multiple sclerosis".
I've found a couple of other M.E. sufferers on here, so maybe there's a ring of truth in that too.
 
KevinPotts said:
I noticed over the past three months within this community that so many people know their Blood Type.
I don't:)...even at 54, so I asked the Dic today, but he explained you can't have the test on the NHS as it is not a medical requirement...fair enough:)
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Former blood donor, and tanks for it I know my blood type, subtype and whatever... A1+CCDee I don't know about UK rules, but it's not possible to get a "plain" prescription and pay the full price for the test?
I suppose the blood type test costs few quids.
 
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