2007-03-06 11:58:00 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
No. AB can only donate to AB.
A and B are proteins on the surface of blood cells. A person's own body recognizes its own proteins as self and therefore doesn't attack them with their immune system.
A person with only A would react to the B from an AB donor.
A person with only B would react to the A from an AB donor.
A person with O (no A and no B) would react to both A and B from an AB donor.
Note that there are other things to consider in the donor matching thing, such as Rh factor.
2007-03-06 12:11:28 · answer #1 · answered by BP 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The recipient can take any blood which has the same type (A or B) as he has. If the donor blood has different antigens from the recipient, it will be recognized as foreign by the recipient's immune system, and bad things will happen.. So, blood from a Type A donor can be given to any recipient which has type A antibodies already (Type A or Type AB); Type B donor blood can be given to Type B or Type AB recipients, and Type O (which has no A or B antigens for the recipient to recognize as foreign) can be given to any recipient. Now, given that, what kind of recipient can you give Type AB blood to?
2007-03-06 12:11:59 · answer #2 · answered by John R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
--Absolutely not with any type of safety in mind!
--Blood transfusion chemical reactions is a cause of many serious complications and deaths, when the match-up is not made.
--In fact even when, the correct match-up is made there are still complications simply because of the different chemical make-up we have, that indeed is similar if not more critical than fingerprints.
“Blood Transfusion: Uses, Abuses, and Hazards,” Dr. Douglas H. Posey, Jr., writes: “Nearly 30 years ago Sampson described blood transfusion as a relatively dangerous procedure . . . [Since then] at least 400 additional red cell antigens have been identified and characterized. There is no doubt the number will continue to increase because the red cell membrane is enormously complex.”—Journal of the National Medical Association, July 1989.
*** w91 6/15 p. 10 par. 13 Saving Life With Blood—How? ***
13 Recently, Drs. L. T. Goodnough and J. M. Shuck noted: “The medical community has long been aware that while the blood supply is as safe as we know how to make it, blood transfusion has always carried a risk. The most frequent complication of blood transfusion continues to be non-A, non-B hepatitis (NANBH); other potential complications include hepatitis B, alloimmunization, transfusion reaction, immunologic suppression, and iron overload.” Estimating ‘conservatively’ just one of those serious dangers, the report added: “It is anticipated that approximately 40,000 people [in the United States alone] will develop NANBH yearly and that up to 10% of these will develop cirrhosis and/or hepatoma [liver cancer].”—The American Journal of Surgery, June 1990.
2007-03-06 14:29:03 · answer #3 · answered by THA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry but no because the organs of the other person will reject the blood and the body will go into shock or the person could die from the shock. But if the donor had type O blood (or somethig like that I'm not sure) they could give blood to anyone -or so I heard. Otherwise No It can't be give to someone with other type blood. Sorry.
2007-03-06 12:05:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We people with AB type blood are actually quite lucky, since we are the "universal recipient". Although it's always best to receive your own blood type in a transfusion, in a pinch AB's can receive any other blood type.
The opposite, however, is true for plasma donations. ABs can only receive plasma from other AB's, but we are highly sought after for plasma donations since we are the "universal donors" and anyone else can use our plasma.
2007-03-06 14:13:38 · answer #5 · answered by KW 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I am sorry but the only person who can receive AB blood is a person who has the AB blood type. Though I must say don't let this fact discourage you from donating blood. Type AB is very rare, it is actually the rarest blood type period, especially if you are AB-. Think of it this way, you are the only one who can donate to someone who needs AB. Blood banks have a huge shortage of AB, especially AB platelets.
2007-03-07 17:26:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
On red blood cells you have attached antigens and in the blood stream you have different anti-antigens which react with the specific antigen which it is specific to. in type AB blood you have A and B antigens on the blood and no a anit-antigens. in people with type A blood you have type A antigens on the red blood cell and type B anti-antigens. in type B blood you have type B antigens on the red blood cell and type A anti-antigens in the blood. in people with type O blood you have no Antigens on the red blood cell and both A and B anti-antigens in the blood. when type A blood is put in to a person with type B blood the type A anti-antigen in the persons blood will lyce the red blood cells of the type A blood and the type B anti-antigens from the type A blood will lyce the type B red blood cells in the person. this is why a person with type AB blood can not donate to people with A or B type blood
type AB can give blood to type AB people and can receive blood from A, B, O, and AB donors
type A can give blood to type A people and can receive blood from A and O donors
type b can give blood to type B people and can receive blood from B and O donors
type O can give blood to type A, B, O, and AB and can only receive blood from type O donors
other factors play a role in blood donation as well like the Rh factor
2007-03-06 13:43:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-17 10:49:42 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no.. donor of blood group can give blood only to person with ab group....AB ppl are actuley universal donars so they can recieve bld from donars having any blood group......O UNIVERSAL doner so they can give blood to any one.....
AB has anti A and anti B ANTIGENS
O has no antigens
2007-03-07 05:13:34 · answer #9 · answered by chia 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
O is the universal donor
2007-03-06 13:08:11 · answer #10 · answered by ♦cat 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋