7 Reasons why knowing your Blood Type is important

This post is inspired by a reply on Quora from someone claiming to be a medical professional. When asked why it is so difficult to find out one’s blood type, he replied with “Why do you need to know? It isn’t important”.

I disagree and here are 7 reasons why:

1

In pregnancies, the blood type information can be crucial.

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2

You may travel to a country where your blood type is tough to access due to lowered frequencies among donors.

Are you a traveler with a rare blood type?

3

Anything related to you should also be of interest to you.

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4

There are plenty of medical conditions associated with blood types.

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5

Are blood types and personality traits connected?

Is there evidence that blood types and personality traits are connected?

6

“I don’t know” should never be a permanent answer.

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7

Knowing your blood type may open a door to finding out more about your ancestry.

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Please note, that blood type is not sufficient evidence to prove paternity and also highly questionable in exclusion.