PoeticChaos
Occasional Poster   Posts: 23 Registered: 14/12/2002 Status: Offline
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posted on 28/1/2004 at 03:02 PM |
I'm AB-, I think. good news is I can accept any blood type, so no worries
if i ever need a blood transfusion. ( i think i spelt the wrong)
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DevilsRoad
Coward   Posts: 4 Registered: 31/1/2004 Status: Offline
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posted on 1/2/2004 at 11:47 AM |
O Negative
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Schizo
Extreme Fanatic   Posts: 897 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 6/3/2004 at 01:05 PM |
I am type A negative. Having a RH negative blood type can cause problems
in pregnancies if the baby's blood type is positive. Since the gene for RH
positive blood is dominant, and much more common, this spells trouble for
RH negative women. Even if all else is well, the pregnancy will be
considered high risk if the mother's blood is RH negative and the father's
is or may be RH positive.
The problem is, RH negative blood rejects the presence of the RH factor.
Normally, a baby's blood does not mix with its mother's during pregnancy,
but if it happens to (which often does during childbirth) the mother will
begin to produce antibodies towards the RH factor. If the woman remains
pregnant, or becomes pregnant again with an RH positive child, the
antibodies will cross into the baby's bloodstream and attack the child's
blood, causing anemia and sometimes killing the baby.
There is a shot that is given to a woman with such a pregnancy during the
pregnancy, and shortly after birth that keeps her from producing
antibodies. I had to have that shot with my daughter. My grandmother also
has RH negative blood, and had several miscarriages because of it, but
still managed to produce seven children.
This is also the reason why a person with RH negative blood cannot receive
a transfusion of positive blood, although a person with positive blood can
recieve negative.
Just a little explanation of the little + or - behind the letter in your
blood type! ____________________
"You can tell by the scars on my arms and the cracks in my hips and the
dents in my car and the blisters on my lips that I'm not the carefullest of
girls." - Dresden Dolls, "Girl Anachronism"
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Anonymous
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posted on 8/3/2004 at 11:19 AM |
LadyCygnet posted on 20/1/2004 at 11:47 AM
Donating blood is definitely a cool thing.
On a more mercenary note, it's also a good way to find out your blood type,
and a cheap way to get tested for HIV.
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This is a stupid idea, in addition its false. HIV doesnt show up in most
tests unless you are really ill. In doing this donation to test for HIV you
are putting someone else at risk. There are seperate tests for HIV and
STDs.
Also you can ask you parents, or your doctor what your blood type is.
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feralucce
Extreme Fanatic  Posts: 1810 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 8/3/2004 at 12:12 PM |
| Well... no offense, if you are right, then the red cross has been lying to
everyone in missouri... they screen for everything... ____________________
The earth turns on a tilted axis - just doing the best it can.
Hohenheim of Light~Full Metal Alchemist
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LadyCygnet
Fanatic   Posts: 287 Registered: 31/10/2003 Status: Offline
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posted on 8/3/2004 at 03:32 PM |
Anonymous (Coward), the American Red Cross is obligated by federal law to
screen for EVERYTHING, due to the fact that several blood recipients
contracted HIV, Hepatits, and various other ailments from tainted blood.
I think blood donation is a very good thing. THanks to the generousity of
people back in the 60s, my grandmother's life was saved by several pints of
donated blood. My mother and I donate to pay back that debt.
I only mentioned the screenings because I do know people who go there to
have their blood tested. Personally, I go see my physician to get tested
for STDs, because it's a faster way to find out if I'm still clean.
If I can encourage more people to donate by metioning these things, I'll
keep on mentioning them.
And please, if you're going to chastise me, don't hide behind a mask.
____________________
"To Live is to Annoy." -- Rev. Lambert Reilly, Archabbot, St. Meinrad Abbey
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feralucce
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 1810 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 8/3/2004 at 10:27 PM |
| and do it properly... ____________________
The earth turns on a tilted axis - just doing the best it can.
Hohenheim of Light~Full Metal Alchemist
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Anonymous
Posts: 116 Registered: 14/4/2002 Status: Offline
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 posted on 9/5/2004 at 02:25 PM |
AB- here
--Jen
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Melusine
Coward  Posts: 5 Registered: 8/10/2003 Status: Offline
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posted on 12/5/2004 at 09:04 PM |
I see what you mean LadyCygnet. Blood donation is something that we
usually don't think about ...til we find ourselves in a situation in which
our life or the life of a relative or a friend depends on that.
I think my blood type is O +..It mus be the only positive thing I have
right now hehehe. ____________________
Angels have no thought of ever returning you,
Would they be angry if I thought of joining you?
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DeadlyKnight
Coward  Posts: 1 Registered: 29/3/2004 Status: Offline
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posted on 13/5/2004 at 10:48 AM |
I hate to say it, but I' scared of needles!!, That's why I can't think
about blood doation.
I'm A - I think...
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Sticupus
Fanatic  Posts: 254 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 14/5/2004 at 10:59 PM |
| I'm type O negitive. But what burns me is this: I donated blood one time in
highschool, and then I got a call from the Florida Blood Bank a year later.
They were in desperate need of Type O negitive blood; people's lives were
in danger. They now refuse to take my blood due to an old/outdated FDA
regulation that bars "Any man that has had sex with another man after
1978". It is eloquently worded so that gay men and bisexual men cannot
donate blood without the words "No faggots allowed". The fuckers. Everyone
gets the "Have you been a whore in the last 3 months?" question. But for
me- I'm different. The regulation doesn't take into account new and vital
data. Heterosexual minority women are the highest risk group today, for a
while in Florida it was the elderly. There hasn't been any regulations for
these high risk groups, they get the "Have you been a whore in the last 3
months?" question. Why am I different in light of this information? Why
can't I get the whore question? This seems like some really creepy Nazi
"Juden frie" pure blood for the wounded- thing. Like Homosexuals have
tainted blood by default. No question of my morals; no question of
anything. I'm gay therefore I cannot donate blood. What does the Food and
Drug administration have to to with blood anyway? Why not the health
department? This regulation is decided by a very conservitive cacus, that
really can afford to do a better job than they do. I'd like to donate
blood. I'd like to save some lives. But I cannot help the legalized
vampires of America. And it pisses me off when they call for help, but make
an acception for human lives when they find out my sexual orientation. Very
nice. ____________________
The OBOLISK is Divine.
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Anya
Extreme Fanatic  Posts: 656 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 15/5/2004 at 05:33 AM |
That's ridiculous. Just because there's some homosexual men and women that
have STD's doesn't mean that all of them do. I mean there's even straight
women and men that are carriers now. They should be asking for an STD
check other than assume you have STD's if health is an issue. I suppose
it's easier to assume that all gays=AIDS. Still ridiculous either way.
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ladylilith
Occasional Poster  Posts: 19 Registered: 2/5/2004 Status: Offline
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posted on 24/5/2004 at 10:26 AM |
re:rare blood types,the rarer blood types are Rh neg (Rhesus negative)
which I think applies to only about 2% of the population.I am B neg
myself,yay,lucky me-it means I get to have lovely injections of anti D when
I give birth,miscarry or have a termination-how wonderful!!(apart from the
fact I hate needles,that is!!)Thank you so much,Mother!!
BTW,can anyone explain why I have 5 siblings but am the only one to be Rh
neg? (and the only one with a penicillin allergy,too?)And how come both my
children are Rhesus positive?Any medical genius out there who would like to
take the opportunity to explain it to me?
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Schizo
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 897 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 24/5/2004 at 02:12 PM |
Its a matter of dominant and recessive genes. A dominant gene will cancel
out the presence of a recessive gene, i.e., "dominate" over it. Rh
positive is a dominant gene, and Rh negative is a recessive one.
We all recieve two genes for every characteristic; one from our mother and
one from our father.
If someone receives two identical genes from their parents, they are
purebred, and will exhibit the characteristics of both genes. If someone
recieves both a dominant and a recessive gene, they are hybrid, and will
exhibit the characteristics of the dominant gene.
So, someone who is purebred for Rh positive will have only Rh positive
children, since all they can offer is a dominant gene. The children of
someone who is Rh negative will have the characteristics of whatever gene
the other parent offers - either positive or negative.
Your parents were either both hybrid for Rh positive, or else one was
hybrid and one had Rh negative blood. Based on your statistics (one in
five children was Rh negative), my guess would be that they were both Rh
positive. The odds of two people hybrid for Rh positive producing an Rh
negative child is roughly one in four.
As for you and your children, either their father was purebred for Rh
positive blood, or he was hybrid, and just happened to pass on his
dominant, rather than his recessive gene, both times.
Your children are both hybrid for Rh positive blood, since they each carry
an Rh negative gene from you. Depending on who they have children with,
you may end up with some Rh negative grandchildren.
That's the best I can explain it. ____________________
"You can tell by the scars on my arms and the cracks in my hips and the
dents in my car and the blisters on my lips that I'm not the carefullest
of
girls." - Dresden Dolls, "Girl Anachronism"
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Anonymous
Posts: 116 Registered: 14/4/2002 Status: Offline
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posted on 31/5/2004 at 11:04 AM |
Thanks for the explanation,Schizo.I guess I forgot to mention my biological
father was different to my siblings(I am a bastard in the true sense of the
word).Also,I am one in six,not one in five-I have 3 brothers and 2
sisters,also half-brothers and sisters I have never known(from my
biological father's marriage),don't know how many of them there
are,though.Two brothers and one sister share a father (but not with me) and
the two youngest(one brother,one sister) have the same father as each
other- my Mum is one of these stupid women who thinks you can't exist
without a man in your life,no matter what he does to you or your
children!!!(Lets just say we could keep Jerry Springer in business for
years,and leave it at that!) No the wonder I'm so fucked up!!!!!
As for my children,their father is A positive,and they are both either A
pos or B pos,I can't remember off the top of my head.I did know a little
about recessive genes,as my husband is a blue eyed blonde but both my son
and daughter have dark hair and dark eyes,like me-although my daughter has
very pale skin and my son has dark olive skin -and I'm somewhere in between
them both.(I have very mixed blood,Moorish
Spanish,Italian,Scottish,Irish,Jewish,English and more-and that's just on
my Mother's side!!)
Hope the family history lesson hasn't bored you too much!! ____________________
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Sticupus
Fanatic Posts: 254 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 31/5/2004 at 07:34 PM |
"That's ridiculous. Just because there's some homosexual men and women that
have STD's doesn't mean that all of them do."
Correction Anya; the FDA regulations are for homosexual men only. Lesbians
are a lowrisk group, in fact the lowest risk group last time I checked. but
they are ignored. ____________________
The OBOLISK is Divine.
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