Blood Types: What Does It Say About Your Health?

Here are the different blood types and how this affects your health.

BLOOD TYPES – These are the four main blood groups and this is what a certain type says about your health and its relation to medical conditions.

There are 4 main blood groups or blood types – the A, B, AB and O. The certain type for a person is determined through the genes he or she has inherited from the parents. Each group could RhD positive or RhD negative which basically means there are 8 blood groups in total.

Blood Types
Photo lifted from Chicago Tribune

According to the ABO system, the four main groups are defined:

  • – has A antigens on the red blood cells with anti-B antibodies in the plasma
  • B – has B antigens with anti-A antibodies in the plasma
  • O – has no antigens, but both anti-A and anti-B antibodies in the plasma
  • AB – has both A and B antigens, but no antibodies

Check out you type below and what does it say about your health:

  • blood group A
    • more at risk and likely to get stomach cancer
    • more at risk of pancreatic cancer
    • type A blood tend to have more cortisol, the stress hormone
    • higher risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) 
    • Type 2 diabetes happens to people in this blood group but experts are still in further research about this as to why
  • blood group B 
    • more at risk of stomach cancer
    • more at risk of pancreatic cancer
    • higher risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE)
    • Type 2 diabetes happens to people in this blood group but experts are still in further research about this as to why
  • blood group O 
    • lower risk of coronary heart disease 
    • mosquitoes with malaria can have a harder time causing the disease to people with this blood type
    • people with type are at higher chance to develop Peptic ulcers as per post from WebMD
    • longer life span which is probably due to lowered risk of disease in your heart and blood vessels 
  • blood group AB
    •  more at risk of stomach cancer
    • one study showed that more people with memory problems have this blood type
    • more at risk of pancreatic cancer
    • higher risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE)
    • higher chance for a stroke

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