What are Blood Types?

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  • @rileymay
    @rileymay 10 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    An entire hour and a half of Biology, condensed into 3 minutes...
    The scary part is that I think Michael did it better than the class did. Great job guys!

    • @jcepri
      @jcepri ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I understood exactly 2%

  • @Cynewise_
    @Cynewise_ 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    As someone who has worked as a lab tech at a blood bank for 10 years, I can honestly say this video does a great job of giving a basic overview of blood types. It is complicated stuff, and I haven't seen many videos that do a good job at explaining it.

  • @RedrunLoL
    @RedrunLoL 9 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    When I first received my blood card and it said "B+", I somehow interpreted that as the card telling me to "be positive", thanks based blood type

  • @BinkieMcFartnuggets
    @BinkieMcFartnuggets 10 ปีที่แล้ว +702

    I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their antigens.

    • @kirat147
      @kirat147 10 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      you antigen-ist!

    • @RyanType
      @RyanType 10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I see you everywhere and I still laugh at that picture

    • @Neueregel
      @Neueregel 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Color is a matter of fact in reality. You cannot deny it, unless you turn a blind eye on. And I judge everything I see, that's my human right.

    • @AnUntitledStory
      @AnUntitledStory 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Human ability, not human right.

    • @Qsdd0
      @Qsdd0 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      This actually happened/happens in Japan, there were similar theories to the race theories in Japan. I believe A was ideal, B was bad, O was noble and AB was dreadful. It's now connected to personalities, kinda of like zodiacs, and you'll often find blood types included in facts about celebrities, politicians and even anime characters.

  • @draconianking
    @draconianking 10 ปีที่แล้ว +384

    O Negative master race reporting in.

    • @DroidFreak36
      @DroidFreak36 10 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Pshh, blood is so overrated. Electricity conveys energy much more efficiently.

    • @DanieleGiorgino
      @DanieleGiorgino 10 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Get your ass to a blood donor clinic and stop hogging all that precious blood.

    • @xXSlytzerXx
      @xXSlytzerXx 10 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Yeah, good for you, but I can refuel with any type of blood, I consider that as more useful to me personally. You should be donating regularly...

    • @draconianking
      @draconianking 10 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      I do donate regularly. I consider it a civic duty.

    • @ChekhovsGun_
      @ChekhovsGun_ 10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      xXSlytzerXx spoken like a true frontline soldier

  • @rickreed123
    @rickreed123 10 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    My blood is ABBA, and I am digging the dancing queen.

  • @PIKACHUPOWNES
    @PIKACHUPOWNES 8 ปีที่แล้ว +345

    As an O- Person, I sincerely hope I NEVER need blood.

    • @ze_rubenator
      @ze_rubenator 7 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      You'll be fine, but you really should donate blood.

    • @user-mh2bw4hu3o
      @user-mh2bw4hu3o 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      YYAY mah mom told meh that I'm o-

    • @glorvalmacglorvas171
      @glorvalmacglorvas171 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Or store up your own blood if you ever need more XD

    • @JoshuaDelgado5
      @JoshuaDelgado5 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      PIKACHUPOWNES I got you.

    • @kaosrawstyle
      @kaosrawstyle 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Deputy-Marshmallow O is the most common blood type, you are fine dude

  • @ThugMuffinification
    @ThugMuffinification 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I wonder how the process was when doctors/scientists first started doing transfusions and figuring out what's in blood and how the different types vary. I wonder if they first just used any blood for transfusions and found out that way that not all blood is compatible with other blood. Its crazy just how many things we've been able to learn and discover. Freakin fascinating!

  • @xxruredyxx
    @xxruredyxx 10 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Being O negative really sucks, you can pretty much donate to almost anybody but on a a few can donate to us.

    • @batman0dino
      @batman0dino 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can only receive O- if you have O- .

    • @RyanMathewHarding
      @RyanMathewHarding 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Aidan Fox Anybody could receive O-, but I doubt the hospitals would actually give it to you unless you were O- yourself because of its rarity.

    • @wei495
      @wei495 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No, you're still the universal recipient for plasma...

    • @kirat147
      @kirat147 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Ryan Harding hospitals will use O- blood in case of emergency transfusions like in the case of near fatal accident victims where they don't have enough time to determine the blood type

    • @RyanMathewHarding
      @RyanMathewHarding 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      kirat147 Oh, that's a really good point. Assuming they *do* know your blood type though, I would assume they would hold onto the O- for emergency situations.

  • @KianPalmer
    @KianPalmer 10 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I'm AB+, does this mean I can be a vampire?

    • @RumTumTuggy
      @RumTumTuggy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That means you are "the product of 'evolution' "

  • @meh27000
    @meh27000 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    as a medical technologist who finds it hard to simplify the world of blood banking to inquiring minds, this was an incredible recap!!

  • @S3PT1M1
    @S3PT1M1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    so, im fairly sure im 0- does that basically mean im fucked if i ever need a blood transfusion :/

    • @kirat147
      @kirat147 10 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      worry not, most hospitals have O- supplies and always try to keep them in stock. You could also donate your blood. who knows if you might be giving yourself blood in the future (knock on wood). plus, you would be helping A LOT of people out there

    • @S3PT1M1
      @S3PT1M1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      kirat147
      good point :P

    • @MasterAsra
      @MasterAsra 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      S3PT1M1 Many blood drives tend to pamper people with O- blood too.

    • @hquinn96
      @hquinn96 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Basically- it's the most unequal of the blood donation/ receiving relationships- can give to anyone, but can only receive from fellow o-negatives.

    • @nerdra
      @nerdra 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Don't worry! While everyone can accept your blood, exact-match is generally preferred in a transfusion situation, and blood banks do their darndest to keep everybody stocked against disasters for each type (i.e. other patients probably aren't hogging up your supply except in emergencies when their own type runs dry or things happen too quickly for caregivers to type them). Plus, 6% of the US population is relatively rare compared to most of the Rh+ types, BUT there are still about 5 times more of you O- folks than my type (B-), and you out-number AB- by 11 times. You're still the 4th most common of the 8 types. Further good news: you can accept plasma from anyone or their grandmother! Yay! :)

  • @The.HarroweD
    @The.HarroweD 10 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    I wonder if it was this guy's decision to take his ear-jewelry out, or a suggestion from Hank.
    Either way, if they're staying out, we're gonna have to deal with him having a cat's butthole on each earlobe for a little while.

    • @Ravenclaw1991
      @Ravenclaw1991 10 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      You're complaining about the holes in Michael's ears? Seriously?

    • @The.HarroweD
      @The.HarroweD 10 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      RavenclawTimeLord Could you please point out to me where you saw a complaint?

    • @darrencarpenter5001
      @darrencarpenter5001 10 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      The shit you should be focusing on instead of pointing out dumbass things like he is not wearing plugs. Ffs man does it matter?

    • @aejlindvall
      @aejlindvall 10 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      ***** Well, you called it a "cat's butthole". Or is that some new, fashionabel complement?

    • @The.HarroweD
      @The.HarroweD 10 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Emma Lindvall It's not a *compliment, or an insult, it's an observation. I have my ears stretched, and so do a few of my friends, and that's simply what it looks like when you take them out and let them heal. You can calm down now.

  • @a.nahari380
    @a.nahari380 9 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    A+, both in my blood and my college transcript

    • @lrebecca9398
      @lrebecca9398 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      lol

    • @Tyree101
      @Tyree101 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Still want get you competitive advantage in this today's job market.

    • @XxAzureNekoxX
      @XxAzureNekoxX 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

    • @SpaceDwarfNova
      @SpaceDwarfNova 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yay a fellow A+ blood type 🤣

    • @DrumVibes
      @DrumVibes 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello my fellow A+ humans

  • @Narnendil
    @Narnendil 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been waiting for this one, thank you!

  • @arwahammuda9780
    @arwahammuda9780 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I studied this in high school but it still fascinates me every time I think of it, subhana Allah

  • @martinicc67
    @martinicc67 10 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    RH factor ca also be dangerous for childbirth. If the father is positive and mother negative if there is a second pregnancy the fetus might get regected

    • @TheVinster177
      @TheVinster177 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wonder how big of a chance. My father is A+ and my mother A-. I'm A- (first) and my brother is A+ (second).

    • @martinicc67
      @martinicc67 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Well you might not get a second RH+ brother... at least a fully developed living one

    • @rafagd
      @rafagd 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Also the mother can take a vaccine after the first child to reduce the risks, if I'm not mistaken.

    • @MusicLover7545
      @MusicLover7545 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      TheVinster17 They've got vaccines now that are given to the mother to prevent her blood making antibodies against the child's blood type.

    • @mrtalos
      @mrtalos 10 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Yeah. My mother had this thankfully, otherwise I might not be here.

  • @Borzogo
    @Borzogo 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I'm puzzled! What's the evolutionary advantage in all of this? Why would humans and other animals evolve like that?!

    • @BIkaloss
      @BIkaloss 10 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      To make it harder for a single Virus/bacteria to wipe out humanity.

    • @alejandrinos
      @alejandrinos 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Some traits are random, and don't get naturally selected out because they aren't harmful nor beneficial for the species.

    • @Borzogo
      @Borzogo 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      BIkaloss
      Interesting idea. Do you know if there are viruses and/or bacteria that target people with a specific blood type?

  • @DarylVanHumbeck
    @DarylVanHumbeck 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating. I've never heard it described like this, it makes it so easy to understand!

  • @mdenouden3y6
    @mdenouden3y6 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome episode guys!! Very interesting!

  • @nightchaser95
    @nightchaser95 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is really a good video. Cleared up my confusion about blood types. :D

  • @cantafforddiamonds5026
    @cantafforddiamonds5026 8 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    We used to tease my mom about her blood type being O- her mother died giving birth to her last child and bled to death because at the time(1959) they didn't have her blood type readily available. We stopped teasing her after she kept loosing babies because the of the Rh miss match. She got the shot for it and every time a miscarriage. So she had me first and then my brother, I was lucky enough to be A+ but my brother is a negative Rh. The doctor told my brother the more rare your blood type,the harder it is to find donor's for you. My brother fought bone cancer and lost. People with Rh- blood should be organ donors as well. Im surprised that Rh- is not completely extinct, being so difficult to find and seemingly weaker in general. I work with a woman now who lost a son to hemophilia, he was 14 and B-. They just couldn't find donor's on a regular basis. Now when I hear some one say" I have a rare blood type" I just think "Aww, your fucked if you get hurt and need blood ,want to have kids you better hope for a matching Rh factor, need an organ transplant well start asking family first. It just sucks watching friends and family die because thier blood is to odd and couldn't be easily found. My brother left behind a son hes 26-years-old now and donates blood regularly and is an organ donor. He is also has B - blood.

    • @michaeljosephjackson6306
      @michaeljosephjackson6306 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      oh :(

    • @452xi
      @452xi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I have O neg , so this comment made feel bad coz I could of helped. I am lucky coz my mum has O neg too.

    • @cantafforddiamonds5026
      @cantafforddiamonds5026 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Eliza Lopez Don't feel bad about it. Your mom was able to have you just fine and not every one has to deal with a medical crisis. At least you are aware of possible issues so if you're going to have children just let the doctors know. If we knew then the things we know now every thing could have been different. You're lucky to be alive now with new up dated medical care and knowledge. No worries and be safe.

    • @Phoenixx-vy7ln
      @Phoenixx-vy7ln 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

    • @sapphirII
      @sapphirII 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have a rare blood type too. I'm AB. However, even if I'm Rh+ I still go frequently give blood.(so often, I need to take iron pills to have an acceptable amount of iron according to the blood centers(about 3-4 times a year, maybe more)

  • @PuppyThief
    @PuppyThief 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, this was super cool, best QQ yet!! I've been confused about he whole blood types thing for a long time! Great explanation :D

  • @henrystp
    @henrystp 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a great video and I've always wondered about this!

  • @amandawarner3780
    @amandawarner3780 8 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    I found out my dad wasn't my biological dad when I learned about blood types in AP Biology in 12th grade. My dad is AB-, and I'm O+, asked my mom about it and she said "Oh yeah, uhm, your dad is sterile because he had the mumps when he was 17, so you and your brother came from a donor." Thanks, Mom...

    • @ze_rubenator
      @ze_rubenator 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      He's still your dad. Shouldn't make a difference.

    • @amandawarner3780
      @amandawarner3780 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      No, doesn't make any difference. Just something you can figure out from blood types...

    • @rafaeldominguez4355
      @rafaeldominguez4355 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amanda Warner so u get your blood type from your dad?

    • @amandawarner3780
      @amandawarner3780 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your blood type is determined by both parents. Here is a calculator:
      www.endmemo.com/medical/bloodtype.php
      My mom is B+, my dad is AB-, and I am O+, so it is impossible for my dad to be my biological dad. Statistically, the person who gave the donor bank his sperm which ultimately led to me was probably O+.

    • @sapphirII
      @sapphirII 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He could have been anywhere in O, A and B, and negative or positive. You could have gotten the O gene from both your mom and the donor and gotten the Rh+ from your mom and the Rh- gene from him though.

  • @Zeldur
    @Zeldur 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    So what this boils down to is if you have AB+, you're in great shape if you need blood. If you're O-, like me, you better hope there's O- blood when you need it. Donate blood as many times as you can. If you're O-, the blood centers love you btw.

  • @popandkidsdonate4640
    @popandkidsdonate4640 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    So cool! I've been wanting to know that for so long.
    Now I understand. Thanks!

  • @GothicSilverWolf666
    @GothicSilverWolf666 10 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    Ahh....O- blood type makes me a universal donor so I feel an obligation to give blood as often as I possibly can. Sucks that accepting blood is a pain for me, but oh well, I'm doing some good ^_^

    • @bonvivant55
      @bonvivant55 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      For blood, not plasma.

    • @dallen3000
      @dallen3000 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      bon vivant
      he didnt say anything about plasma...

    • @bonvivant55
      @bonvivant55 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, yes and no. He talked a lot about it without actually mentioning the word. When we talk about giving blood, it's actually washed, packed, red blood cells. The antibodies are in the plasma (anticoagulant + centrifugation), and to be a universal plasma donor, you'd need to be AB pos. Types like this rarely make antibodies that would actually cause a HTR in a person who has not received a transfusion in the past. The video is a really great over view though.

    • @koala5065
      @koala5065 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      bon vivant I was about to say the same thing :D but I didn't know how to say it like this

    • @kirat147
      @kirat147 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      bon vivant they do have full blood bags though (rbc + plasma)

  • @chins4tw
    @chins4tw 8 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    19 almost 20 still don't know my blood type...

    • @samuelsvard5023
      @samuelsvard5023 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Get it checked out! It could mean the difference between life or death!

    • @megreilly1193
      @megreilly1193 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      If you donate blood, the Red Cross will give you a donor card with your type on it. This is helpful to keep in your wallet in case you're in a situation where you're unconscious and need blood asap

    • @lilbihxxx1234
      @lilbihxxx1234 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      chins4tw I'm 17 and I dont know my blood type either...

    • @jadonbertholf547
      @jadonbertholf547 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      18 and no idea on my blood type...

    • @saniyamoosvi2169
      @saniyamoosvi2169 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      15 and know my blood type :P

  • @kilgorcjk
    @kilgorcjk 8 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    AB+ UNITE! We can take any blood >:)

    • @serenity7185
      @serenity7185 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +kilgorcjk nothing can stop us
      Muahahaha xDD

    • @Nicken0o0
      @Nicken0o0 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yayyyyyy!!! We are team AB+!!! Wait, wait.. I don't know whether I'm positive or negative yet.. Noooooo

    • @ryanchen4339
      @ryanchen4339 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      kilgorcjk stapt it vampires, *screams

    • @xtremej2575
      @xtremej2575 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hell yeah! Best blood type for sure

    • @SpaceDwarfNova
      @SpaceDwarfNova 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣 I may not be in the AB+ club but I am A+ 🤣

  • @sumayaalharbi6380
    @sumayaalharbi6380 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much for clarifying the meaning of this wonderful way

  • @MsBananaMonkey100
    @MsBananaMonkey100 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    aww man I just had a test on this today! if only this video was posted a little earlier... awesome video!! :)

  • @monnae
    @monnae 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why is this man so handsome? Thank you for helping me understand one of the concepts that would always mess me up during my time at uni.

  • @deet0109mapping
    @deet0109mapping 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I got an A+ on my blood test

  • @misanthropistbookworm
    @misanthropistbookworm 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was extremely useful! :D Thank you. And yay for Michael!

  • @iangrace9447
    @iangrace9447 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always wondered this, thanks for explaining!

  • @hokiepokie333_CicadaMykHyn
    @hokiepokie333_CicadaMykHyn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +371

    My blood type is HIV+, so that means I can donate to everyone...

    • @Peng_Pong
      @Peng_Pong 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think they won't let you donate blood infected with HIV unless they also have HIV

    • @hokiepokie333_CicadaMykHyn
      @hokiepokie333_CicadaMykHyn 8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Penguin Gaming™
      My blood is red, so they don't discriminate.... Now if I were to disclose the fact that I'm an alien and work for the CIA, they might get leary.

    • @marielouis6298
      @marielouis6298 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      wtf

    • @hokiepokie333_CicadaMykHyn
      @hokiepokie333_CicadaMykHyn 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      blackwidow
      I only donate blood, to pay for my hookers and coke!

    • @lilbihxxx1234
      @lilbihxxx1234 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      hokiepokie ummm

  • @SwatPooky95
    @SwatPooky95 10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    this video was literally the equivalent of 2-3 weeks of biology i had in highschool, cant believe my teacher couldnt be clear as him, and my first language is french lol

  • @thisisbecker
    @thisisbecker 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was a really informative video! I know they all are, of course, but I didn't really know the break down of blood types prior and this and honestly hadn't thought much about it.

  • @rosem1859
    @rosem1859 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So informative! Thank you.

  • @angelcollina
    @angelcollina 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I'd be really interested in having blood factors explained. For example, I'm O+ but my blood is marked as a rare blood type because I have this alphabet-soup like list of rare or uncommon factors in my blood.
    Also, great video, Michael Aranda! :3

    • @heatherwanderer777
      @heatherwanderer777 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Do you have what they call "precious baby blood"? I went to donate one time and I had some marker or something and they said I was fine for normal adults, but that they look for you to not have antibodies or to have antibodies or something specific for baby transfusions...I thought it was a weird thing but all these factors and antigens ect...I'm like what do I know?l

    • @angelcollina
      @angelcollina 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      heatherwanderer777 I'm not sure. When I ask and show my card that has all of my factor numbers and letters, no one can explain to me what exactly they mean. But whenever I give blood, I always show it to the Red Cross people so that they can note it on my blood bag (though, I'm sure it's recorded in the system too). I'd love to know if I could help a specific group of people, like babies. I'd go out of my way to make sure they got my blood where they needed it.

    • @tsssil
      @tsssil 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well there are like 26 other blood groups. And we're all either positive or negative for them. that's where the alphabet soup comes from. It's just probable that you lack a certain common type. So like let's so someone is transfused, and because a certain antigen is really common, that person develops and antibody to that super common antigen that was transfused into them.
      So then you come along, and you lack that antigen, which means that you can be a donor for that person. Which is great for that person, y'know?
      Baby blood just has to be fresh, CMV negative, Sickle antigen negative and a few other things. But the freshness is the main thing. It's not like only ~some people~ can donate to them or anything :)

    • @heatherwanderer777
      @heatherwanderer777 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rainbow Fish maybe CMV is common around here, cause the blood bank sure made it seem like baby blood donors were hard to come by.

  • @LanttuLoL
    @LanttuLoL 10 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    oh, 0:15 no, every immune system doesn't work equally well, that's why we have for example auto-immune diseases...

    • @LanttuLoL
      @LanttuLoL 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Good video though, just one bad word choice =D

    • @samkadel8185
      @samkadel8185 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, I was annoyed by that because I have Type one Diabetes. (That's the kind that is caused by having all of your insulin-producing cells destroyed and the chances of getting it are not increased by weight gain.)

  • @robertjordon5782
    @robertjordon5782 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    right to the point ! good job.

  • @poisonhemlock
    @poisonhemlock 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was so concise. Thank you.

  • @salvadorcastro4733
    @salvadorcastro4733 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    AB+ here, having a rare type makes me feel special(in a good way) where are my fellow ABs at?

    • @arbialba
      @arbialba 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me wassuppp

    • @Noname-qe3fg
      @Noname-qe3fg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same I’m also AB+

  • @ninboy01
    @ninboy01 10 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I'm an O+
    I get spamed with messages by the Red Cross when its around the time for me to donate again.

    • @NightOasis
      @NightOasis 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol me too

    • @bjornironside4674
      @bjornironside4674 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      O+ is pretty common but for matter so is spam

    • @ninboy01
      @ninboy01 10 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I have an iron overload in my blood, so my blood is a good source for those suffering anemia. The last three units I donated went to anemia patients.

    • @brelove5613
      @brelove5613 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      O- right here

    • @rsoubiea
      @rsoubiea 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      NINmann01 i am o+ as well.

  • @ViolettaSachra
    @ViolettaSachra 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aaaah, thanks for this video!! I can never wrap my head around the "who can give blood to whom" thingie, so I'll have to watch this vid everyday til I can say it by heart...
    you rock!

  • @PaceyPimp
    @PaceyPimp 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow i always wondered this. thanks for the great explanation

  • @Slithy
    @Slithy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I'm O+
    The world will never run out of blood for me, hah.

    • @BrainBomb
      @BrainBomb 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      same here :)

    • @RedRogue
      @RedRogue 10 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      Woopsie daisy, actually you can only get O+ and O-.
      If you were AB+, THEN you'd have unlimited blood access.

    • @Ybalrid
      @Ybalrid 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      You have to be AB+ to receive any kind of blood.
      An O+ can receive O+ or O- blood.
      But, we can give your blood to A+, B+, AB+ and of course O+.
      An universal donor is O-, they can give blood to anybody. But they can receive Blood only from another O-

    • @Slithy
      @Slithy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Red Rogue
      I meant that O+ is the most common. I think about 40% of the people in the world are O+.

    • @zedek_
      @zedek_ 10 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      You've misunderstood. O+ is good at *donating* blood... not receiving. You are only able to receive O+ or O- blood from donors.
      It is people who are AB+ that can accept blood from everyone.

  • @xm377Moyocoyatzin
    @xm377Moyocoyatzin 9 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I have no idea what the fuck this guy just said.

    • @BillyManchisi
      @BillyManchisi 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have no idea about this blood type. Real real functional go attack people after doing useless research on blood type. Am I bothering you? jerk. I am a capable unemployed person who is willing to work as a slave. A job is a right that citizens should have.

    • @codzomz
      @codzomz 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Summary: blood is fancy!!

    • @xm377Moyocoyatzin
      @xm377Moyocoyatzin 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      codzomz Ahhh, my life has meaning again. Thanks. (^_^)

  • @nerdfighteremma
    @nerdfighteremma 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is really cool and really helpful. I've always wondered how this works.

  • @maakjar
    @maakjar 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    It would be great to see another video that has more detail on this and the benefits of each one in life

  • @Shahzad-Khan
    @Shahzad-Khan 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I learned this in high school. Guess school was kinda useful.

  • @GreggaraZZi
    @GreggaraZZi 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I finally understand it all!

    • @CherylHewitt
      @CherylHewitt 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Finally, an understandable explanation

    • @Revilik
      @Revilik 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cheryl Hewitt An explanation I can understand, finally!

  • @supersosiska
    @supersosiska 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, thanks! :)

  • @lizr9265
    @lizr9265 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this video! It always confused me, but I understand it now. :)

  • @megamegatron99
    @megamegatron99 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    so people with type negative o are the *EXACT OPPOSITE* of people with type positive ab

  • @PetersGameChannel
    @PetersGameChannel 10 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    im AB pos so i can get blood from everyone but i can only give blood to one

    • @shoopdapoop7803
      @shoopdapoop7803 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Helpful if you're in a car crash.

    • @PetersGameChannel
      @PetersGameChannel 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      true that

    • @alejandrinos
      @alejandrinos 10 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Nope. If you are in a car crash and injured so badly that you need a blood transfusion, they'll give you O- blood just to be sure, because there's no time to check your bloodtype.

    • @PlayerTwoHasJoined
      @PlayerTwoHasJoined 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I'm O-, I can give blood to everyone, but can't accept any except my own. :P

    • @iwishbelongstoapple
      @iwishbelongstoapple 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      PlayerTwoHasJoined
      apart from O-
      You're also quite rare so congratulations!

  • @E3ECO
    @E3ECO 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent explanation.

  • @WyrmofAir
    @WyrmofAir 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hank, I know you can't be everywhere at once but I really like listening you you. Some people just don't keep my attention, and I have to watch the video four or five times before I can understand what's actually being said. (I hate having a problem with lexical ambiguity). Thank you.

  • @MrRamziaB
    @MrRamziaB 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There are actually about 28 blood types with several that are undeterminable.
    I for instince: I have to donate my own blood several times a year to myself. (Bagged and stored at the local hosp) In the case that I get hurt, and need blood, I can only use my own, and no one can use my blood. (My Dr loves this because it's something that HE hasnt seen before.)
    This video should be amended to say there are 8 COMMON blood types.

    • @saikoujikan
      @saikoujikan 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you Bombay type?

    • @MrRamziaB
      @MrRamziaB 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      saikoujikan On my chart it has me listed as type Z. when I asked what that meant, the Dr said "It means you better have extra blood on hand if you get hurt."

    • @mhamblin
      @mhamblin 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's probably RzRz rare blood type.

    • @18aidanme
      @18aidanme 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      That sucks, you can't donate blood to other people and you can't get your own blood.

    • @MrRamziaB
      @MrRamziaB 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      18aidanme I cant donate to others, and I can ONLY use my own.

  • @Zachary-md1ft
    @Zachary-md1ft 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    AB positive, I can give to no one but can take any type of blood. I'm a universal plasma donor, though. Guess I'm selfish but selfless...?

    • @iloveprivacy8167
      @iloveprivacy8167 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can still donate, can't you? There are AB's who need blood.

    • @Zachary-md1ft
      @Zachary-md1ft 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ILove Privacy Nope. ABs can accept from everything but AB positive. Ironic.

    • @iloveprivacy8167
      @iloveprivacy8167 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      AB positive can't donate to AB positive??? Or are you saying that the demographic for your blood type is small enough that it's not worth the paperwork? (Plenty of A & B, so no need to save the O for the O's who can't accept anything else.)

    • @Zachary-md1ft
      @Zachary-md1ft 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ILove Privacy Nope. AB positive literally can't donate to anyone. AB positive has every possible antigen, which kills any other blood cell that isn't AB positive.

    • @markocoric9233
      @markocoric9233 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Luke I am 0-

  • @30016463
    @30016463 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mu lecturer never explained it that simply and I never understood it until now. Thanks guys

  • @VidConMom
    @VidConMom 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always curious about blood types, bloody fascinating!

  • @kaen1037
    @kaen1037 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Where are my AB- squad at?

  • @Tomyb15
    @Tomyb15 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    But if Im not O and im given O, won't the antibodies in the blood from the donor (O type) attack my red blood cells? Does blood have to go through a special filtering to get rid of antibodies?

    • @arwahammuda9780
      @arwahammuda9780 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Ciroluiro usually not, because antibodies are formed inside of the recipient body,

    • @xboxboy93941
      @xboxboy93941 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Ciroluiro Yes, antibodies are filtered out from the blood. Hence why type O is considered the Universal Donor: they can give their blood to pretty much anybody.

    • @BarbieQueen1990
      @BarbieQueen1990 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      O+(can donate to A+ B+ AB+) O- can donate to all blood types

  • @christinearmstrong3044
    @christinearmstrong3044 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you, this was very helpful, you made it easy to understand . Great help for homeschool

  • @CentauriGamerz
    @CentauriGamerz 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I learnt a lot from this video! Thanks!

  • @Justanotherconsumer
    @Justanotherconsumer 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fun fact - the difference between O and A red blood cells is... one base pair. O is a nonsense mutation of A.
    The description of Rh types is abysmally wrong. Rh positive is just the D antigen, as it's usually called. The system also includes c, C, e, E, and a long list of others, but D is the one that causes the most problems clinically. I'm short a few cousins due to e and c, though.
    There are a lot more antigens than just the ABO system and Rh system, but most are either extremely rare or nearly universal and they don't often matter.
    Also, that people have anti-A and/or anti-B antibodies without prior exposure is a bit of a mystery.

  • @LetsPlayStarBound
    @LetsPlayStarBound 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You forgot to mention the Hh blood group.

  • @amphibiousone7972
    @amphibiousone7972 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! 😄

  • @jwilsss
    @jwilsss 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was awesome :)

  • @BernardoSOUSAstudent
    @BernardoSOUSAstudent 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    2:45 Thank you for subscribers who keep these ANSWERS coming? Did I miss something or you should have said "questions"?

    • @nesagwa
      @nesagwa 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Subbable subscribers that actually give money to keep the show going. It's at the end of every video.

  • @DaxRaider
    @DaxRaider 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    even more intresting would be WHY do we have different blood types

    • @mutantmaster1
      @mutantmaster1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've read something that said that certain blood types can fight certain diseases better that other types. Type O has better luck fighting staph for example (might not be the specific disease)
      because these diseases keep popping up, there's a bit of an evolutionary pressure to keep even the "naked" blood types around

    • @billvolk4236
      @billvolk4236 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Presumably for the same reason that all keys are different. If the goal is for your immune system to identify your own cells and attack foreign ones, it helps if not all human immune systems identify their own cells in the same way. If there were only one blood type, any disease that could get past one human's immune system could get through them all.

    • @nurlindafsihotang49
      @nurlindafsihotang49 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Bill Volk well, kind of species survival strategy?

    • @Schatten2712
      @Schatten2712 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      that is a good question but currently that is like asking why do we humans exist...I mean, biology can be really fucking weird some... most of the times... and most of those times we just don't know why biology decides to act like that, we just have to deal with it

    • @CariBaez
      @CariBaez 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Holly God knows And He will tell us from some one

  • @hsificul
    @hsificul 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks, very helpful.

  • @anmrivera6736
    @anmrivera6736 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you! You saved me a headache of study time after a loooonnnngggg day at work! 😁👍

  • @BlakeGeometrio
    @BlakeGeometrio 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Any negative blood types here?

    • @amandaparker23
      @amandaparker23 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Blake “Noctis the Cynical” Geometrio im rh -

    • @BlakeGeometrio
      @BlakeGeometrio 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amanda Ferrante Cool! Same.

    • @amandaparker23
      @amandaparker23 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Blake “Noctis the Cynical” Geometrio we have the rarest blood type :) if you're caucasian like me only 1% of people are rh neg!!!

    • @BlakeGeometrio
      @BlakeGeometrio 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amanda Ferrante Awesome. But, I'm mixed. :)

    • @nikanna75
      @nikanna75 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Amanda Ferrante +Amanda Ferrante yup me too Rh- and an A blood type as well. Caucasian too

  • @moved6332
    @moved6332 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My blood type's B- , being the third rarest of..known blood types
    There's WAY more than 8 blood types..

    • @thefattesthagrid
      @thefattesthagrid 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +FluffySpaceGoat u feel special now?

  • @RobKinneySouthpaw
    @RobKinneySouthpaw 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good review.

  • @stanislasb.6880
    @stanislasb.6880 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    He is clearly working out.
    Very interesting video subject.

  • @ze_rubenator
    @ze_rubenator 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So if you have 0- you can only receive 0- blood, but you can give blood to anyone? I'm asking because I have 0-, and it seems like blood banks would REALLY like my blood. I'm wondering if I should start donating.

    • @cheermaddie
      @cheermaddie 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LegoGirl1990 In other languages/countries, it's often called 0 instead of O.

    • @IcewolfBluemoon
      @IcewolfBluemoon 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes you should definitely go and donate if you can! O- blood can be used by anybody of any blood type. O- is the type of blood that is most desired in blood banking because of that fact. ^__^

    • @CherryBomb50
      @CherryBomb50 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm O- and donating tomorrow :)

    • @ecnivlegin
      @ecnivlegin 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      definitely donate. :)

    • @cyanmanta
      @cyanmanta 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      If they know you're O-, that may be why they're so interested in getting you to donate.

  • @ex-nerd
    @ex-nerd 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Definitely not quite that straightforward. I have a friend who tests as one of two different blood types (I think A and AB) depending on the sensitivity of the tests used by the lab. It makes donating blood an interesting challenge, though definitely shows that there is at least some kind of sliding scale between things.

    • @CalebHughesTheGingerNinja
      @CalebHughesTheGingerNinja 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Could he be one of those people with two+ different sets of DNA? Whatever the human version of a Chimera is?

    • @CalebHughesTheGingerNinja
      @CalebHughesTheGingerNinja 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.149.9001&rep=rep1&type=pdf Found it! Apparently this isnt even all that rare.

    • @DanielDeVito89
      @DanielDeVito89 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Caleb Hughes
      Really interesting! Thanks!

    • @tsssil
      @tsssil 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In terms of ABO, it usually *is* that straightforward. Sometimes people type wonkily due to illness or something else weird, but I work in blood banking and usually people are pretty straightforwardly A, AB, B, or O. Granted, once you get into unexpected antibodies and stuff, it can be more complicated

    • @RyanMathewHarding
      @RyanMathewHarding 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would say that this is much the same as saying certain things only happen to one sex. Yes, there are people who fall somewhere in between, but they are all cases where something went wrong in their genes. Either their DNA failed to replicate properly when they were conceived or something is being expressed improperly, but they aren't the normal case.
      Basically, there's only one way that humans are "supposed" to work. There could be nearly infinite errors in your genes that change how your body works and as such it's impossible to explain all of them. Instead, they just show us how it's "supposed" to work because that's how it works for the vast majority.

  • @walmartsuxhard
    @walmartsuxhard 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yay i suggested this a few vids back! Thx for reading comments scishow

  • @ellis0896
    @ellis0896 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wish I could remember everything properly in this video, I'll have to watch it about 5 times to memorize it also this guy has very happy looking eyes, I bet when he's sad he still looks happy!

  • @TheEzypzy
    @TheEzypzy 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I have O-
    Fuck

    • @gotentk4
      @gotentk4 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ezypzy yay you are universal donor

  • @GeeksOasis
    @GeeksOasis 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When I click the like button it doesn't change color anymore. Does this mean I'm gay? SciShow please help.

    • @godzuky9
      @godzuky9 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Absolutely, now go and give some blood today.

    • @_dreamles3945
      @_dreamles3945 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ha gay bitch

  • @nunekassem9339
    @nunekassem9339 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    great video!

  • @rossheintzkill4848
    @rossheintzkill4848 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely terrific.
    Maybe a bit more on antigens, antibodies and how they actually function. But for a quick answer, very well done.

  • @FirnenOftheages
    @FirnenOftheages 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Cool I can give blood to anyone O+ FTW.

    • @MidorinoNinja501
      @MidorinoNinja501 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Firnen Oftheages, almost anyone (positives only). I'm O+, too.

    • @moved6332
      @moved6332 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Firnen Oftheages I'm B-, so not me. xD

    • @mexicanjesus8482
      @mexicanjesus8482 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +VampyArgonian Twinsies

    • @user-gu2kd8bi3p
      @user-gu2kd8bi3p 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +[MOVED] I have B- too :P

    • @abdullahenaya
      @abdullahenaya 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Uno KillMe O- can give to anyone, while O+ can give to anyone positive only so you can give to anyone!

  • @EpicAwesomeWin87
    @EpicAwesomeWin87 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm B Pos, which makes me smile. Be Positive ;D

  • @beibeimiao2327
    @beibeimiao2327 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you for sharing

  • @mrsecify
    @mrsecify 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is awesome!

  • @Casanuda
    @Casanuda 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    AB+ Master Race

  • @irvin295
    @irvin295 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Idk what blood type I am ... althoygh I do want to know.

    • @weldin
      @weldin 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ask your parents. If they don't know, ask both of them what theres are. Then go online and search for a blood type calculator.

    • @irvin295
      @irvin295 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cinestar Productions​hmm good idea I haven't thought of that

  • @FlamingAtheist
    @FlamingAtheist 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was quite helpful!

  • @ashlye24000
    @ashlye24000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You explained this very well.

  • @topmobslayer
    @topmobslayer 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Who is dis guy???

    • @blazebluebass
      @blazebluebass 10 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Michael Aranda. His cuteness level is over 9000.

    • @topmobslayer
      @topmobslayer 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      wat

    • @wolfafe
      @wolfafe 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      wat

    • @jpheitman
      @jpheitman 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      wat

    • @leebautwo2657
      @leebautwo2657 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      wat

  • @SAMMIsLIFE
    @SAMMIsLIFE 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Im O-positve

  • @toyasites
    @toyasites 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    sci show!!!! LOVE What you guys do!!!! QQ: what's purpose of the Vagal Nerve?

  • @abdobedo9428
    @abdobedo9428 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this channel