i went for blood test and one of the result says ph positive.what is that mean?
2007-04-17 20:10:30 · 5 answers · asked by maxie 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
ph balance is a measure of how acidic or alkaline your blood is. Usually the results will turn out as a number result not a neg or positive... now a BLOOD TYPE will giv you a positive or neg... as in th Rh factor. Its an antigen than gives blood types that + like A, A+ , B B+ AB, AB+ and so on. It simply means you can only be matched with a specific blood type...I can go into explaing that as well but this would tend to be a long answer... I am sure you want a brief answer I bet it was positive for the Rh factor.
2007-04-17 21:53:23 · answer #1 · answered by misspookett 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure it doesn't say Rh positive?
Rh positive and Rh negative are a sort of blood group. It tells doctors what sort of blood to give you if you need a blood transfusion.
There is a way to measure blood pH, but it would give you a number rather than a positive/negative result. pH is a measure of how acidic or alkaline your blood is. This could be important in certain clinical conditions.
Perhaps you could elaborate - like tell us why you had the blood test and what your doctor was looking for.
2007-04-18 03:23:23 · answer #2 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you probably mean Rh positive rather than ph positive.
Rh is resus antibody and it is a type of antibody on the surface of red blood cells. If you are positive, then you have the antibodies, if you are negative you don't.
If you mean ph - then pH is the acidity of the blood, and would be measured in units between 1 & 14 (normal is around 7.4). It is not measured in 'positive' or 'negative'
2007-04-18 03:29:53 · answer #3 · answered by pennoes 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"ph" refers to the acidity level of a substance; I think you have it confused with "Rh"; in Caucasians, aside from the blood type, people have to deal with Rh positive or negative; this is because there is an additional substance in Causcasian blood that is similar to that of the Rhesus Monkey; the "Rh" factor has a very large influence/impact on the children of Caucasians who are not "Rh" compatible - there will be congenital disorders and deformities;
2007-04-18 03:25:08 · answer #4 · answered by idontexistanywhere 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nothing, unless you can tell us exactly what blood test it was.
2007-04-18 03:14:50 · answer #5 · answered by frankb 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋