Do you know your blood group?

Yep, I’m the rarest blood group AB Rhesus Neg . My DH always said I was a rare one and I liked to be different ?

Type O and Rh-Negative Blood Type Protective Against ...https://www.infectiousdiseaseadvisor.com › covid19 › o...
13 Jan 2021 — Patients with type O and rhesus negative (Rh-) blood groups may have a lower risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

anyone got any anecdotals on blood group A suffering worse with covid ?

an orange is a berry.
one of the obscure facts from O-level biology, along with zylum and floem, sounds like a pop duo, and di-cotyledons and mono-cotyledons, ?something to do with grasses.
i had taught myself human anatomy, with hand drawn cross-sections of bone, haversian canals, the skull, and much physiology from the age of 9, but they didn't do any human or barely animal biology at school.
i've always been out of step.

When I went into hospital to have my first child, around 3am, I was asked several times what my blood group was - I had no idea and the GP surgery was shut.
Luckily there was no problem.
Pregnant the 2nd time, I was going on holiday in the 7th month and asked the GP what my group was, in case of mishap while away.
He behaved as if I was unreasonable to ask, but did tell me.
I can't see why that information should be kept from anyone who wants to know their own blood group.

Growstuff I would never change my diet on the basis of a book like that.
But if the book told you that your group should avoid dairy or wheat, and you were in fact allergic or intolerant to that thing then you might think of checking it out a bit more.
I don't follow it absolutely, but I don't mind trying horseradish instead of pickle because it's probably better for me. Or eating berries instead of oranges which I prefer anyway.

Lemsip I m afraid you are wrong Not everyone got a vaccine card... I didn’t .... my best friend went with her husband he got one she didn’t, and my other close friend didn’t get one, I did ring up the next day and they said don’t worry we do run out from time to time they are only reminders and we have everything on record here
My daughter did get one but it only had her first name on it no address so it could belong to anybody with her name

Nowadays after you have donated blood, you get a text a few days later thanking you and saying which hospital has received your blood.

Nice to know.

... unless you happen to live near Glasgow.

www.scotblood.co.uk/news/pioneering-new-ab-serum-pilot-launched/

I found out mine - B+ - after a miscarriage.

Gagagran

I'm AB+ and did give blood in the early 1960s. I was told it was quite a rare group.

I used to get a letter saying what my blood had been used for e.g. given to a road traffic accident victim during an operation. They stopped doing that though fairly soon after I started donating.

When I started having daily asthma steroid inhalers they would not take my blood anymore.

They won't take it from you anyway, as you're female and AB+.

He's a naturopath, not a doctor. Just been reading up about it and none of it has much evidence.

I would never change my diet on the basis of a book like that.

I'm AB+ and did give blood in the early 1960s. I was told it was quite a rare group.

I used to get a letter saying what my blood had been used for e.g. given to a road traffic accident victim during an operation. They stopped doing that though fairly soon after I started donating.

When I started having daily asthma steroid inhalers they would not take my blood anymore.

Growstuff What's the source for this? I honestly can't see how it can be true, but I'm willing to be persuaded by a proper scientist. I must admit it sounds like mumbo jumbo
There's a whole book with a lot of detail. Called 'Eat Right for Your Type' by Dr Peter J D'Adamo with Catherine Whitney. I dip into it as a reference book, and tend towards following it but certainly not rigidly. Foods are listed under groups, dairy, meat, grains etc. and then shown as highly beneficial, neutral or avoid.
I believe Cliff Richard is an advocate!

yes i know as I've been pregnant and had operations

I have just found out mine at the age of 60 plus!
It's AB +ve. I was shocked, i always thought it was O.
(Just had a knee op and the hospital told me then)

Georgesgran

I’m the same as growstuff - all to do with a lack of irregular antibodies, apparently.

Unusual rather than irregular. People with AB blood have A and B antigens on the surface of blood cells. Their plasma does not have any antibodies, which would destroy the antigens. That's why AB plasma can be used for anybody (although Rhesus + blood can't be used on people with Rhesus - blood). Females can develop antibodies in their plasma when they are pregnant, which is why female AB plasma is almost never used.

I agree with Chestnut you must be identical twins if only one placenta, so don't see your blood groups can be different
I have identical twins, from one placenta

Chestnut

Aveline

AB+. Blood group diet sounds interesting. Will check it out.

You are AB like me. You are good with dairy products and coffee! Lamb, mutton, turkey and rabbit are the best types of meat. I naturally like lamb and turkey, and cod and trout for fish, also on my list. Chestnuts, peanuts and walnuts are beneficial nuts, so you can go to town on the peanut butter!
The book is much more detailed!

What's the source for this? I honestly can't see how it can be true, but I'm willing to be persuaded by a proper scientist. I must admit it sounds like mumbo jumbo

haemoglobin!

lovebeigecardigans If twins are identical and share a placenta I can't see it's possible to be different blood groups. You have come from the same egg. If not identical and didn't share a placenta then probably you could be different as you are from two different eggs and are like any other sisters.

I have the very useful O negative. I haven't given blood for a long time, with a history of low haemoglobun. When DS2 was 18, I went along with him and they couldn't find my veins! When I was teaching in Kenya, the local mission hospital sent an SOS to the school for O neg blood and I took a couple of our seniors with me. Unfortunately I never found out - nor did I ask - if the child who needed the blood survived.

B+

A+ here. I was a blood donor years ago but had to give up due to frequent anaemia. Strange thing is, my twin sister is a different blood group, in fact a rare one though I can't remember what it is. We've been told there was only one placenta - could that possibly be true? It's beyond my small brain.

I have to carry a card with my blood group, so I have known it since my early teens.