ed84c Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 Anyway (using home equipment) of trying to work out what blood type you are? And why do people have different blood types? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coquina Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 give blood at a Red Cross Blood Drive. You can do a good deed and find out for free at the same time. I don't know why people have different blood types - I wonder if it originally came from different populations being separated by long distances. Why don't you start a poll and have every body click off what type they are? I know that there is A AB B and O, and that each can be positive or negative. Here is a web site that should help you understand it better: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/blood_types/Intro.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed84c Posted January 12, 2005 Author Share Posted January 12, 2005 nice idea, i will do. I would give blood but you have to be >18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuelloDiablo Posted January 15, 2005 Share Posted January 15, 2005 I suppose you could check your local drugstore! In Denmark where I live, you can by these kits relatively cheap... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yummifruitbat Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 Actually you only have to be 17 in the UK - not that that'll help you for another 14 months or so... good luck though if and when you do. Btw, if they say "I'm a trainee nurse but I've done this lots of times, is it OK for me to take your donation...?" - the answer is NO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 In the US...it's 17 with parental permission. (at least where I live) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 17 if u do it in school in Indiana And why do people have different blood types? genetics. there are three protiens that make the blood type. you have A, B, and +. if your blood type is O, then you are missing both A and B protiens. if you have -, then you are missing the + protien. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdurg Posted February 2, 2005 Share Posted February 2, 2005 I donated blood when I was in high school and I couldn't have been more than 17 years old at the time. Got me out of gym class that day too, and we had to do our 2-mile run. I also donated blood a bunch of times in college. If I was low on money but wanted to have fun, I'd stop by the Red Cross bloodmobile that was always around campus and donate some blood. Then I'd hit the bar afterwards and get one or two beers and be completely wrecked. I helped save lives, plus I got drunk really cheaply. I couldn't do it all too often, but those times where I really wanted to get hammered but didn't have a lot of money worked out great. (BTW, I'm A-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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