2007-11-15 15:26:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
You have a blood type that is not compatible with his. If he were to receive your blood, it could (and most likely will) cause a severe and possibly fatal reaction.
Follow this link from the American Red Cross. It will explain what types are compatible with what types.
http://www.givelife2.org/aboutblood/bloodtypes.asp
Even if you can't donate for your friend, donate anyway. Believe me, there is someone out there who desperately needs it.
EMT
2007-11-16 10:25:10 · answer #1 · answered by emt_me911 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Types of blood are O, A, B, AB. The positive means you are Rh positive. I am AB+ and am the universal receipiant. I can take all types of blood because I have both antigens, A & B. O+ is the universal donor and can give to everyone because they don't have the A or B antigens. You also have to agree with the Rh factor too-you can be positive or negative. Someone else explained what happens if you don't match blood types correctly.
2007-11-16 01:36:11 · answer #2 · answered by towanda 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If your friend is O+, they will have antibodies to both the A and B antigen of blood cells, since their blood cells lack both antigens. If your friend is transfused with A+ blood, the anti-A (the antibodies to the A antigen) will attack the A blood cells, causing them to either agglutinate (stick together), or be destroyed. The results of this blood cell destruction vary, from mild reactions to death.
2007-11-15 23:36:10 · answer #3 · answered by Dylan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
O is the only one that is universal and can be given to other blood types with the same rh factor. O can only receive blood from the same blood type.
2007-11-15 23:41:56 · answer #4 · answered by Mrs. Goddess 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Long and complicated but yea the first answer was right.
Your friend can give you blood tho. Any O+ can give to any + any O can give to anyone + or -. O- can give to any -. However O's can only recieve theri own. O+ only O+ donor so on and so on.
2007-11-15 23:38:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
His/her body would reject the blood, as (s)he has anti-A antibodies present in his/her system that would attack the A antigen in your blood.
(S)he could donate to you, but you can't donate to him/her.
2007-11-15 23:35:52 · answer #6 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because their make up is totally diff. If you put your blood into hers, her white blood cells will attack it and end up damaging her.
2007-11-15 23:35:02 · answer #7 · answered by Nick 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you and your friend have differnet antibodies in your blood
2007-11-15 23:33:01 · answer #8 · answered by Alice C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋