{"id":2125,"date":"2017-02-21T22:22:59","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T22:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=2125"},"modified":"2017-02-25T16:45:18","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T16:45:18","slug":"exactly-can-happen-blood-type-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/exactly-can-happen-blood-type-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"How exactly can it happen that your blood type changes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"How exactly can it happen that your blood type changes?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>I have recently shared a story about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/can-liver-transplant-change-blood-type\/\" target=\"_blank\">an O positive patient&#8217;s blood type changing to O negative and an O negative patient&#8217;s blood type changing to O positive<\/a>.<br \/>\nWhen examining possible reasons, a simple method of converting blood from one group to another comes to mind:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/uknews\/1547337\/Scientists-change-one-blood-group-into-another.html\" target=\"_blank\">The process uses bacterial enzymes to cut sugar molecules from the surface of red blood cells. <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1046\/j.1537-2995.1984.24384225037.x\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\">A study<\/a> reported on a 4-month-old girl with congenital rubella who had type A blood that eventually switched to type O after weeks of testing. <strong>The scientists suspect an enzyme just \u201cate\u201d the type A antigens, which made this little girl\u2019s blood type appear to be type O:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An infant with probable congenital rubella infection developed altered blood group expression. This was noted at 4 months of age. The child&#8217;s blood was typed on seven separate occasions during the first 8 weeks of life as type A, but on repeat testing, her cells failed to agglutinate with anti-A and anti-A,B typing serum. The A antigen was present, however, because an eluate made after incubating her red cells with anti-A contained anti-A, and A antigen was demonstrated on buccal mucosa cells. Altered expression of blood group A (loss of agglutinability) has occurred previously only in association with hematologic malignancy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>This could explain also an rh positive person becoming rh negative, but not vice versa.<\/strong><br \/>\nMore to come &#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"How exactly can it happen that your blood type changes?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"How exactly can it happen that your blood type changes?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>I have recently shared a story about an O positive patient&#8217;s blood type changing to O negative and an O negative patient&#8217;s blood type changing to O positive. When examining possible reasons, a simple method of converting blood from one group to another comes to mind: The process uses bacterial enzymes to cut sugar molecules from the surface of red blood cells. A study reported on a 4-month-old girl with congenital rubella who had type A blood that eventually switched to type O after weeks of testing. 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