Aspies For Freedom

I'm rhesus negative.

"Over 50% of people with schizophrenia are rhesus negative, and there are indications of similar frequencies in autism and Asperger."

I'd want to see some conclusive proof of that before believing it. Supposedly schizophrenia is slightly higher in african americans than caucasians, which would go against that statistic.

I'm O+, caucasian.

A+ and Caucasian.

O+ caucasian

what are the frequencies in the population?
i am A+- caucasian.
becca

My grandmother was A- and my mother (her only child) is A+ (Rh factor came into play there).

My father (aspie) is A- and I (aspie) am A+.

All Caucasian.

O rhesus D positive. Next blood donation 2 weeks tomorrow. Cool

O +ve
Don't know what my children are though.

RH O + - Anglo Celtic/Spanish descent.

I have absolutely no idea what it is, maybe on my next blood test I should ask for that to be checked for me Smile

RhO positive.

Aeolienne Wrote:

O rhesus D positive. Next blood donation 2 weeks tomorrow. Cool

That was back in June 2006.

Last month I went to give blood and they turned me down. I had admitted to having taken medication in the past seven days, namely Piriteze anti-histamine tablets [cetirizine hydrochloride]. This was not for hayfever but to treat a rash on my hands that I suspected was caused by a pair of rubber household gloves. Unlike the brands of rubber gloves I usually buy (such as Marigolds), these weren't cotton lined. The blood donation nurse told me that if I have a latex allergy I can't give blood - not now, not ever.

I posted a message via the http://blood.uk website and receved this reply:

NBS Wrote:

Thank you for your recent e-mail, regarding blood donation. We are sorry to learn you are unable to donate at present due to a latex allergy. The problem is that the packs into which the blood is collected contain latex and this could cause a severe reaction in someone who is allergic to latex i.e. the risk is to the donor, not the recipient.��We are afraid the until such time as we have latex free packs, we have to defer you from donation for your own interests. We are working on looking into latex free packs.

So if anyone's hesitating about giving blood, please go ahead and take my place.

And to think if I hadn't worn those crappy rubber gloves, I'd never have taken the Piriteze and the NBS would be none the wiser...

I'm 0-.

I've been tallying up responses trying to spot a trend, even though we're probably too small a sample size to be meaningful... (Please bear with me, numbers are NOT my strong point)

For Aspie/Autistic/Cousin respondants:
Negatives:
0 12
A 5
? 3

Positives
0 13
A 4
AB 1
B 2
? 1

Aeolienne Wrote:

Last month I went to give blood and they turned me down. I had admitted to having taken medication in the past seven days, namely Piriteze anti-histamine tablets [cetirizine hydrochloride]. This was not for hayfever but to treat a rash on my hands that I suspected was caused by a pair of rubber household gloves. Unlike the brands of rubber gloves I usually buy (such as Marigolds), these weren't cotton lined. The blood donation nurse told me that if I have a latex allergy I can't give blood - not now, not ever.

I posted a message via the http://blood.uk website and receved this reply:

NBS Wrote:

Thank you for your recent e-mail regarding blood donation. We are sorry to learn you are unable to donate at present due to a latex allergy. The problem is that the packs into which the blood is collected contain latex and this could cause a severe reaction in someone who is allergic to latex, i.e. the risk is to the donor, not the recipient. We are afraid that until such time as we have latex-free packs we have to defer you from donation for your own interests. We are working on looking into latex-free packs.

So if anyone's hesitating about giving blood, please go ahead and take my place.

And to think if I hadn't worn those crappy rubber gloves, I'd never have taken the Piriteze and the NBS would be none the wiser...

That was back in August 2007. Last week I had a consultation with a dermatologist who reckons I'm not latex-allergic after all. Evidently the symptoms of latex allergy appear within hours of contact, and go away once the latex is removed. In my case the rash took a few days to develop, which makes it a form of dermatitis. I won't get the full all-clear to give blood until I've passed a few patch tests. Watch this space...

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