Why are people with type o blood universal donors

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Avatar f tn I am O- also. It is not a big deal. I got the shot while pregnant and possibly another after I had my son. I never had any issues. I wouldn't worry about getting hurt because I'm sure you are already being careful. But if you do get injured, just make sure to inform your doctor. O- it's not a bad thing... we are actually universal donors. Blood banks like our blood because they use it for premature babies since no blood type will reject it.
Avatar f tn They only give you O type blood if they have to because its a neutral blood type and your body wont reject it.
Avatar f tn There are many blood types. Most of us think of A, AB, B, and O. We generally know people are RH neg or pos. But some people are RH neutral. Meaning sometimes the RH seems opposite. There is also something known as a universal donor and a universal recipient. This can also affect a babies blood type. If one of your parents have had a bone marrow transplant it might seem weird. I have a condition known as chimerism. This made my own blood type odd.
Avatar f tn I had it before and will need it again with this little one. I'm not gonna lie the shot hurt a lot lol. Other than that your baby will be fine.
Avatar f tn You only need a Rhogam shot if your negative blood type and your partner is a positive blood type. You do not need to get the shot while ur pregnant if it's your very first pregnancy or unless you endure serious trauma, such as a bad car accident that would potential damage to your fetus.you can wait until you're baby is born and get the blood tested. If the baby is negative blood type you will not need the shot.
284738 tn?1283106819 Look at the bright side, O- is called the universal donor because no matter what blood type you have, you can receive blood from someone who is O-. So you could give blood (after your baby is born) and maybe save another baby's life.
Avatar f tn Hi. I am having a baby via donor eggs. My blood type is O positive; so is my husband's. But the donor's is O negative. Does this mean that the baby would need some type of treatment at birth or during the pregnancy? Thank you.
Avatar f tn a b ab o makes no difference with the shot, it is only the rh factor in mom.
Avatar f tn I just recently asked what was my blood type because my mom told me I was o-negative. Well I found out that I am but I never received a Rhogam shot. My doctor has never even discussed it with me. Is this a big issue? Will this cause any complications? Has anyone else dealt with this????
Avatar f tn t poison you. O- means you have O type blood (the most common type, however only a small part are negative) however Your rH factor is negative, which means you lack the rH antigen. If baby has a positive blood type and babies blood mixes with yours your body will produce antibodies to the positive antigen which can lead to miscarriage or deformities (rhesus syndrome).
Avatar f tn Reason why, the only reason why having o- blood type is a problem is if your baby has a different blood type then you and for some reason your blood is mixed during pregnancy then your body will not recognize it and try to fight it off like an infection. It will create antibodies but those antibodies only happen in second, third, or any other pregnancy in the future.Your body won't make them during your first.
1230912 tn?1273492770 It just tells you that D or A or B are present. A and B blood are dominant over O simply because O has no antigens on the surface of its red blood cells. But antigen D is present in O+ blood. Many A blooded folks are actually AO blooded and some B blooded folks are BO blooded as well. That is precisely why the blood type diet work great with some folks but not so great with others.
1204700 tn?1271948852 I was wondering the same thing since your blood is separated from the baby so it shouldn't be an issue what your blood type is unless your rh negative.
847050 tn?1240133779 More so than the person actually being hepc positive after SVR, I think they have put universal precautions in place just to ensure no error of transfer through blood products happens. Actually, even with the precautions in place, transfer by blood products still does happen in small percentages.
Avatar f tn Someone who is rh+ would not have any problems carrying a Rh- baby, O Rh- is the universal blood donor type, meaning that we can donate blood to any other blood group, however we can only recieve blood from O Rh- and I think one other (been too long since university!
Avatar n tn In Europe (especially in France) is this group slightly more prevalent. In Europe blood donors are tested by standard 4th generation ELISA HIV-1/HIV-2/p24. How much would you calculate sensitivity of this test to detect group O? 80%, 90%, 99% or even 100%? Thanks for your opinion.
Avatar f tn If your baby has any positive blood type if your body senses the RH factor, what makes blood positive, your body will try to attack it, in turn attacking baby.
Avatar n tn the donor has to be the same blood type or blood type O, in good health and be about the same size without any liver disease or appreciable medical problems.
Avatar n tn Generally speaking no. But if you are checking for whether or not the child is yours or someone elses then they have to do further testing because the ABO blood typing isn't enough. There could be an error as well. Your physician can refer you to a testing site.
Avatar m tn Some samples are frozen and then thawed days later and 50 uL are plated onto a 96 well tray from which DNA is extracted. The blood samples are stored in tubes like eppendorf tubes, but with screw caps. The last week of June, 2008, I set up this tray of 50 uL samples. A sample on this tray was HIV positive. I was definitely wearing latex gloves and a lab coat, but am not certain if I was wearing a face shield.
Avatar m tn There are a lot of people that are co-infected with Hep B and HIV as well. They get tested for it. My doctor that tested my Hep B also tested me for HIV at the same time when he drew all my blood. Was very thankful that all results for HIV were negative!