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Anemia: Is there a connection to blood types?

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Anemia is a condition in which there is a deficiency of red cells or of haemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness. It can also be defined as a lowered ability of the blood to carry oxygen.
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Anemia goes undetected in many people and symptoms can be minor. The symptoms can be related to an underlying cause or the anemia itself. Most commonly, people with anemia report feelings of weak or tired, and sometimes poor concentration. They may also report shortness of breath on exertion. In very severe anemia, the body may compensate for the lack of oxygen-carrying capability of the blood by increasing cardiac output.
Though, the oral iron supplementation is a very common therapeutic measure to correct anemia it should be only used when dietary measures have failed. Moreover, iron supplement cannot correct anemia which is not due to iron deficiency. A moderate degree of iron-deficiency anemia affected approximately 610 million people worldwide or 8.8% of the population. It is slightly more common in females (9.9%) than males (7.8%). Mild iron deficiency anemia affects another 375 million.
A study reveals that there is strong correlation between blood group and anemia. The individuals with blood group antigen alpha and beta are comparatively more prone to be anemic,whereas the individuals devoid of these antigens are resistant to anemia. So, it can be concluded that the regular intake of iron and vitamin rich diet in individuals having blood groups A, B, and AB can prevent the occurrence of anemia.
To treat your anemia, your doctor may suggest eating more meat—especially red meat (such as beef or liver), as well as chicken, turkey, pork, fish, and shellfish. Nonmeat foods that are good sources of iron include: Spinach and other dark green leafy vegetables.
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According to the study mentioned above, there is no difference between anemia frequencies amongst rh negatives and rh positives.
However:
Before the introduction of prophylactic treatment in 1968, a positive frequency dependent selection systematically penalized the less abundant allele because lots of children of RhD-negative women in the mostly RhD-positive population as well as children of RhD- positive men in the mostly RhD-positive population were dying of hemolytic anemia.
Source: Worse Health Status and Higher Incidence of Health Disorders in Rhesus Negative Subjects

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4 Comments

  1. Maryjane March 26, 2017

    I lost a lot of blood after having my second child, I had all the symptoms. I had to have a transfusion ,three bags of blood plus injections to boost the red cells in my blood.
    I’m sure this can happen to anyone with any blood type though.

  2. Holli August 30, 2018

    The same thing happened to me with a hard long labor. I pushed over 3 1/2 hours and it ripped all my cervux and stuff up because they didn’t know the cord was wrapped around my sons arm so he couldn’t come out. I’m lucky I’m not dead

  3. Aisling November 26, 2018

    My dad is B+ my mum is O+;
    I am B-.
    I truly believe there is a link between the negative blood type and health disorders.
    I am bipolar, constantly severely anaemic (now having iron jnfusions intravenously) as well as suffering with an as yet undiagnosed autoimmune disease (possibly pernicious anaemia; which my dad has too).
    My eldest half sister (who sadly passed away in 2003) also had two rh+ parents and negative blood type and was also in constant ill health.
    The truth is, there needs to be more research carried out.
    It is extremely depressing, i am 31 now and i have not been in good health since the age of 18.
    I just want answers.

  4. B-D March 26, 2023

    Hi, when donating blood in January I had a positive direct Coombs test performed on my sample. This could mean autoimmunehaemolytic anemia (cold type) which would be quite a rare thing. I wonder if this could correlate with my B- blood-type and having received several Rhogam shots 5-7 years ago. A diagnostic marathon sure will follow…(will keep u posted) I am not sure if it a chronic condition already, since it was summer the last time I donated, there was no agglutination because of the cold type. What u can say that I always hated the cold, it makes me stiff..like a lizard… I would be greatful for exchange if there happen to be similar cases here..

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