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What blood type can type b blood donate?
B Neg donors can donate to B Pos or B Neg patients.
Is blood type B positive a universal donor or recipient?
No, any type B blood types including B positive are not universal donors or universal recipients. Type O is the universal donor as it has neither A nor B antigen on the red cells. Type O blood donors can donate blood to anyone. Type AB is the universal recipient type and can receive blood from all blood types.
What's special about type b blood?
Sign In 1 You are here:Home Why give blood Blood types B positive blood type B positive blood type Your blood type is determined by genes inherited from your parents. Whether your blood type is rare, common or somewhere in between, your donations are vital in helping save and improve lives. You can register online to give blood How rare is B positive blood? 1 in 13 donors is B positive This means only 8% of donors have B positive blood. In total, 10% of people belong to blood group B, making it one of the least common blood groups. Who can receive B positive blood? B positive and AB positive people B positive red blood cells can be given to people with: B positive blood AB positive blood What blood can B positive people receive? Blood from groups B and O People with B positive blood can receive donations from: B positive donors B negative donors O negative donors O positive donors Why is B positive blood important? It helps treat sickle cell disease B positive is an important blood type for treating people with sickle cell disease and thalassemia who need regular transfusions. These conditions affect South Asian and Black communities where B positive blood is more common. There is currently a very high demand for B positive donations with the subtype Ro. Approximately 2% of donors have this rare subtype and we need more
Does a person with type O blood have A or B antigens on the red blood cell?
No antigens.That is why they are the universal donors and anyone can receive their blood.
Why people with blood type O are known as universal blood donors?
because their blood cells don't have a different type of chemical on them as in A and B blood. actually, only people with O negative blood are universal donors because if you have A negative, you can't take O positive blood
What blood type can donate to AB negitive?
B Neg donors can donate to B Pos or B Neg patients.
Does an organ recipient need to have the same blood type as a donor?
Organ DonationThat depends, if your blood type is AB than then it doesn't mater. If the donors blood type is O than yours doesn't matter. If you are a B than the donor must have a O an AB or a B blood type. If yourblood type is A then the donors blood type must be O,AB or B. However ALWAYS talk to a doctor and ask lots of questions in order to insure your safety.
What blood types can O negative donate to?
ABO stands for 4 most common blood antigens called A, B, AB and O. The person with Type A has antigen A, type B has antigen B and type AB has both A and B antigens. Type O has no A or B antigen. Antibodies against these two antigens are found thus type A has anti B, type B has anti A, type O has anti A & anti B. Type AB has no antibodies. They can receive blood from any type. Rh neg can go to Rh +/- Rh pos can only go to Rh+ Type O neg blood is called the universal donor can be given to A, B, AB, O with Rh+ or Rh- Type O pos blood can only go to O, A, B & AB pos Type O blood can receive donation only from type O. The 'universal donor' applies only to packed RBC's and not to whole blood products due to the anti bodies A and B found in serum. Type A, B, or AB given type O whole blood would produce a hemolytic transfusion reaction due to the antibodies found in the serum. Type A blood can receive blood from donors of type A and type O blood. Type B blood can receive blood from donors of type B and type O blood. Type AB blood can receive blood from donors of type A, type B, type AB, or type O blood.
How many donors have rhesus negative blood?
Approximately 15-16% of blood donors have Rh- blood. (This includes O-, A-, B-, and AB-)
What does it mean antibodies in your blood after a blood infusion why did this happen?
There are 8 basic blood types, O+, A+, B+, AB+, O-, A-, B-, AB- . However these blood types are further broken down into 30 or so actual blood types. Some are categorized by antibodies (as in D) and these traits may be passed onto the recipient of a blood transfusion. Bone marrow donors blood type has been known to mutate the bone marrow recipients blood type into the donors type. Both the donor & the recipient may be of the same antigen blood type but the recipient may inherit antibodies as well as other characteristics of the donors specific blood type.
Can Universal donors receive blood groups A B Ab and O?
no donors can only receive o-
Can two same blood type B plus have a safe baby?
yes
