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Doctors can determine positive or negative blood types by administering a test. The difference between positive and negative types is the presence of the RH factor. Positive blood types indicate the presence of the RH factor while negative blood types do not have this factor.

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Doctors do a test to show what someone's blood type is. That's why they take blood samples.

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How do doctors determine blood type as positive or negative?

By examined the blood of the patient.


How do doctors determine your blood type as positive or negative?

A blood test will most likely be down to see if the individual has the Rh factor (D antigen) present in their blood.


Is negative blood compatible wiyh positive blood?

Negative blood can be given to someone with positive blood. Positive blood CANNOT be given to someone with negative blood.


I have O negative blood group I need blood which blood group is suitable?

O negative blood type can take only from O negative. but in emergency cases if the O negative is not available, doctors give you O positive, and treat that with immune-suppressants.


What can cause red blood cells to be spiky?

Antigens, which are caused by the RH factor, that determine if you have negative or positive type blood.


What does blood type OE stand for?

There is no blood type OE. There are 8 different blood types, A positive and negative, B positive and negative, O positive and negative, and AB positive and negative.


Can a negative donate blood to A positive?

No, an O Positive person cannot donate to an A Negative person because the person who is Negative, or Rh Negative, will react to the Positive (Rh Positive) blood. Negative can only get Negative, Positive can get Positive or Negative.


What is the difference between positive and negative b blood type?

Human blood has a protein (rH). If you have rH in your blood you have positive blood type, if you are lacking rH you have a negative blood type. Negative blood rejects positive blood because it is lacking the chemical, however positive blood can accept both negative or positive blood.


Can a o positive mom have a a negative baby?

Yes


Is blood pressure negative or positive feedback?

Is the clotting of blood an example of positive or negative feedback?


Can a person that has o positive blood and a person with a positive blood make a child that has a negative blood?

CAN TWO POSITIVE BLOOD TYPES MAKE a negative blood type


Can you give A positive blood to A negative blood?

No. The Rh Negative blood group is formed by an absence of the Positive factor.