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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Transplant Discussion => Topic started by: zona on October 17, 2009, 10:13:37 AM

Title: Is b positive a rare blood type
Post by: zona on October 17, 2009, 10:13:37 AM

I am waiting to hear back from the transplant team about my referral and was wondering if my blood type is considered rare. I am b positive my hubby is o. Could he be a match?

Title: Re: Is b positive a rare blood type
Post by: RichardMEL on October 17, 2009, 10:25:32 AM

Yes, B+ is relatively rare I believe. O is known as the universal donor, but I'm not quite sure how that relates to transplantation.

Good luck!

Title: Re: Is b positive a rare blood type
Post by: okarol on October 17, 2009, 12:30:04 PM

If you are B blood type can receive from 0, B or AB blood types. (The + and - are not important for organ matching.) Antibodies are also considered when matching donor to recipient.

You can see more info about blood types here:
http://www.givelife2.org/aboutblood/bloodtypes.asp

Title: Re: Is b positive a rare blood type
Post by: paris on October 17, 2009, 01:07:38 PM

And, O has the longest wait time because they can only receive O.  So, sometimes your wait is shorter if you are AB  or B since they have more options to match.

Title: Re: Is b positive a rare blood type
Post by: okarol on October 17, 2009, 01:16:41 PM

I think O and B have the longest wait times when it comes to deceased donors, and for that reason UNOS/OPTN requires that O and B organs go exclusively to O and B recipients (except in the case of a 6 of 6 antigen match, which can cross over blood types.)

Title: Re: Is b positive a rare blood type
Post by: jbeany on October 17, 2009, 01:41:02 PM

I'm B pos, and my wait was about what they said the average would be here in Michigan.

Title: Re: Is b positive a rare blood type
Post by: zona on October 17, 2009, 02:13:54 PM

Thanks guys,I knew you could help me with this question.

Title: Re: Is b positive a rare blood type
Post by: tamara on October 17, 2009, 03:53:52 PM

I am B+  - actually should be BE POSTIVE lol

waited a while on the cadaveric list before we went the alternative road we took- ABO Incompatible A to B, two years on the 23rd WOO HOO  :clap;

Title: Re: Is b positive a rare blood type
Post by: monrein on October 17, 2009, 06:35:28 PM

I'm B positive and my owner was O.   Negative or positive makes no difference for transplant.

O is universal donor  (can donate to all blood types)

AB is universal recipient (can receive from all blood types)

And then of course there's ABO incompatible.....like Tamara and Allan.   :clap;