Blood Group Dilemma

snessy
By snessy

Before I received my RP, I went for the usual tests including the one to find out my blood group.

I remember thinking the result of A+ doesn't sound/look familiar but put it to the back of my mind until I went back to the UK on holiday. Whilst there, I checked my medical records and found out my blood group is in actual fact B+. I'm pushed towards believing my UK records rather than here, because I remember thinking at the time how non "high tech" the test was.

What do I need to do to get this changed? My RP & driver's license both state I'm A+.

By blablubliblrrr• 21 Jan 2010 10:50
Rating: 4/5
blablubliblrrr

It happens for few..

It is cos of the over concoction of X chromosome to Y.It occurs ancestrally and praise the lord that it is not contagious.You need not worry since it doesn't scathe you in any way rather i should say it is helpful that your blood matches with any other blood groups.A+ and B+ is the rarest combination,about 1/10 mn.Personally,I'm one among that.

Cheers :)

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By umm-salayum• 21 Jan 2010 10:37
umm-salayum

happened to me to!

They got it right at first , when they did the blood test , but then when I got my RP they put on it the wrong blood type, slackers :(

By DaRuDe• 21 Jan 2010 10:22
DaRuDe

i think i need to do a test again..

By lamea• 21 Jan 2010 10:20
Rating: 2/5
lamea

I had the same experience. My daughter was born in Dubai and according to her birth certificate her blood group is B+ where as when we took a blood test for the RP here in Qatar they told us her blood group is actually O+!!! Imagine our shock, so we insisted they re-do it and once again the result showed that she is an O+!!!!

By mjamille28• 21 Jan 2010 09:30
mjamille28

now that you brought it up snessy, i think i'll have mine done again sometime, but not here..

By snessy• 21 Jan 2010 09:29
snessy

It's quite scary that a big, life threatening mistake can me made so easily. It makes me wonder how many others have the wrong blood group on their RPs!

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By mjamille28• 21 Jan 2010 09:26
Rating: 4/5
mjamille28

oh my snessy, i think you should have it done again, but not from the same clinic..

By DaRuDe• 21 Jan 2010 09:26
Rating: 3/5
DaRuDe

failure of organs and then die.

By snessy• 21 Jan 2010 09:21
Rating: 2/5
snessy

I've no idea where it was done, I'd only been here for a couple of weeks and HR took us. I've always got the impression, if you're given the wrong blood, it could kill you - correct me if I'm wrong.

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By somwerNdmiddle• 21 Jan 2010 09:14
somwerNdmiddle

darude's right snessy, redo your blood group test. having the right info on your ID cards can be helpful in the future :)

By DaRuDe• 21 Jan 2010 09:09
Rating: 5/5
DaRuDe

means i need to go and redo the test again. maybe i am +k or +x

I did mine at Gulf lab here where did you do your test.

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