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[Rowan]

http://www.saga.co.uk/health/news/2012/august/blood-group-affects-heart-disease-risk-322.aspx

Interestingly women who are blood group 0 do well on HRT as their blood is thinner.

Its wise to know your blood group and carry a card with it on.

[CLKD]

I can't remember which blood Group I am .......... nor did I think that blood is different within those groups 

[Mrs January]

Hi

Really I am O positive and have tried four different HRT's so far......lets hope they maybe right and I have it sorted .....

Mrs J

[Rowan]

Mrs J I may have phrased that wrongly what I should have said that women who are blood group O have less chance of getting blood clots on HRT. That's the theory, others might come along and dispute this.

http://www.acu-cell.com/btd.html

[honeybun]

Interesting SL. I can't remember what group I am. I must ask the next time I am at the doctors.

Hope I am O type.


Honeyb
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[Rowan]

It is interesting HB and I can honestly say I fit my blood group O positive type.

Think I have posted about this before, after I had had my hysterectomy, a nurse came round and gave us each a injection each of a blood thinner(for blood clots) my wound was healing nicely but the next day it had gone very bruised and had started bleeding, when the surgeon came to have a look at it, I told her I was blood group O and she said to the nurse don't give her anymore injections.


For CLKD  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_type

[Joyce]

I'm O and was given blood thinners in hospital, I was badly bruised, but they still kept giving them.

[Rowan]

Here is some more info

http://healthland.time.com/2013/02/04/whats-in-a-blood-type-could-be-your-risk-of-developing-clots/

[Rowan]

Its said that blood O don't tolerate dairy and grains very well,that's certainly true for me, I do best on protein certain vegetables and fruits.

That was long before I knew anything about blood groups. I hated milk and never drunk it at school.

[Joyce]

Ok with grains. But dairy I cannot tolerate.

[mamakaren]

It's odd, I know I've been told my blood type many times. But for the life of me, I can't remember! I guess it's something I need to find out! I definately find the info interesting!

Thanks ladies!

Karen

[Dana]

Interesting. I'm A pos. 5% increase, which is better than AB or B.

[Cassie]

Im also A+ 5% risk yikes!!!

[Maryjane]

I am A resus ( sp ) negative. Had to have injections during and after each pregnancy to prevent having a blue baby.  I used to have to carry a card around with me, don't know if I still should.
 

[Sarah2]

I'm a bit sceptical of that one piece of research. What needs remembering is that the Saga piece is written by an ( unqualified) journalist who is simply reporting a summary of something she has read and you aren't getting a lot of detail.
The actual absolute risk to an individual is not stated, but just the relative risk for each blood group.It seems very simplistic to say that X blood group = more heart attacks or clots. If this was the case then that data would have been available for years surely?