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pearldaisy
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pearldaisy asked in HealthDiseases & ConditionsOther - Diseases · 1 decade ago

If you have A + blood group and the hospital gives you A - blood, does it matter?

Are they interchangeable?:

Update:

Thanks to Lab Guy - very informative, but my question was about A+ blood group being given A- blood.

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  • marqueen71
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    A+ can receive A+, A-, O+, or O-

    A- can ONLY receive A- or O-

  • ★Starkissed★
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    A person with a + type can get the same letter but also in a - type but a person that has a - type can't get a +. It has to do with the one part of the blood the + or - signifies, if the person's body is not used to that part being in the blood it will attack it. The same can be said for a mother with a - type of blood, when she is pregnant, if the baby is a + type, sometimes things can go wrong, so she is watched carefully.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    yep... since positive Rh factor can receive blood from both positive and negative Rh blood, so it should be fine.

    Source(s): gr.11 biology
  • Alex
    1 decade ago

    I've always thought you need donated blood of your same blood type...

    ask a phlebotomist or someone from the hospital.

    I wouldn't take blood that's not my blood type...

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