Do you know your blood group?

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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 ?

www.verywellhealth.com/type-o-blood-covid-19-5074429

Possible Link Between Blood Type and COVID-19 ...https://www.hematology.org › newsroom › press-releases
14 Oct 2020 — The study results suggest that people with blood types A, B, or AB may be more likely to be infected with COVID-19 than people with type O. The

When I had my blood taken years ago, the nurse said when I told her my blood group, oh we would love your blood, but sadly I can’t give blood due to inflammation, I certainly would donate if I could though, but have my blood taken every 6 weeks throughout the rest of my life due to rare illness

I am A Positive. I know this because when I was pregnant (50 odd yrs ago) there was a big yellow sticker on the cover of my notes stating this. I don't think they do that now though.

I don't know about Group A+ suffering more from Covid, but my dentist was convinced it is a polpular group amongst rheumatoid arthritis sufferers.

Chestnut I fleetingly glanced at the blood type diet last week. As apart of a course I am doing food as medicine. I will look into that in more detail anything helps.

Another universal donor with O- here. Unluckily for my daughter she got the - negative Rhesus factor unlike my sons who both have +positive. They all have A though like OH.

Another 0+ here. DS and DD both 0+ however their father is 0-. His mother was AB- and they were always asking her to donate. She had to carry a card for years stating her blood type.

Blood group O with a Lewis A antibody, therefore I couldn’t give birth in the local clinic but had to go to the hospital.

People seem to know their birth sign more than their blood group.

My great grandmother died after she was given blood. That was back in the day before the Rhesus factor had been discovered.( either 1937 or 1940 depending on which article you read)
We presume she was given the wrong blood.
My mum is RhO- as am I but both my children are positive so I had to have the injection after both my pregnancies to stop me producing antibodies. This protects the next baby.

I am 67 and every time I went to a clinic at Pembury hospital they checked my blood. I can’t understand why so many of you don’t know your blood group. Had they only just started doing it in the early 1970s?
They also told me what group my children are.

The only people I know who actually know their blood group are my friends that have been pregnant, as they all got blood card given to them as I did with the blood group printed on, mine was a green card in 1970s with a big red block straight through the middle stating AB Rhesus Neg this is a blood group not often found, I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry! None of the men in my family have a clue what blood group they have, my daughter does as she’s a blood donor

Duffy negative here. There's not too many of us around.

Another O negative here. I found out mine when I was pregnant, in case I needed the injection. I didn't because DH is also O neg.

I'm another who has known my blood group (A positive) ever since I was pregnant with my first child in 1981. I still have that yellow card with the info on it, but as yet, knowing it has never been of any use to me.

(I also memorised my NHS number at that time, and still remember it. I felt quite put out when I belatedly discovered that they have since been changed so it was no longer valid!)

Mine is AB positive, which I found out when I was pregnant. My Mum (always argumentative!) said that can't be right as she was one type and Dad was another, and the two couldn't produce an AB child.... I said I'd stop there if I were you, otherwise what are you saying?? ?

I gave blood for several years and was quite proud that my blood group was specifically used for premature babies. Then I was told that wasn't the case anymore, because of the risk of AIDS, and the NHS was buying blood from the US instead. I was quite insulted ?

My husband is group O+ and has given 70 donations ?

EllanVannin

Yes, I've known since 1960. It's O positive ( universal one )
D in Oz is A negative like her dad was.

O - is the universal one. Not O+

It can be useful to know your blood group as there are certain diseases prevalent in the different blood groups.

I'm A Rh -ve, and OH is O Rh -ve. We've both given blood so knew when I was pregnant that both babies would be Rh -ve. They still gave me the blooming injection, though. When I told the doctor that they couldn't be +ve as my husband was -ve, he said, with a very straight face, "With the greatest respect, you may know for sure who the father is but we don't"!!!!! That injection was the worst one I've ever had - it felt like treacle going into my bottom!!!! Strangely enough, both my parents and my three siblings are Rh +ve. It's OK though, my GP explained how that can happen so no doubts as to my parentage!