A 39-year-old member asked:
what happens when granulocyte level increase in human blood?
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Dr. Martin Rubenstein answered
Hematology and Oncology 45 years experience
Rise in WBC.: Granulocytes, a type of white blood cell, are involved in fighting bacterial infection. It is normal for their number to increase in that setting. Granulocytes will also go up with exposure to corticosteroids (drug such as prednisone) and will increase therapeutically with administration of g-csf (drugs Neupogen and Neulasta (pegfilgrastim) for example). Any symptoms are from the reason for the increase.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
What is a blood group?
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Dr. Carolyn Thompson answered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 28 years experience
Blood type: "blood group" and "blood type" are the same thing. Blood types are as follows: a, b, o, and ab. There is also the rh factor, which is + or -.
Blood types are inherited traits.
Worldwide, o+ is the most common type, and ab- is the rarest type.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
What's the biggest blood group in the world?
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Dr. Michael McGonigal answered
General Surgery 39 years experience
O+ is most common: O positive is the most common worldwide. The rarest is ab-.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Can your blood group affect your health?
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Dr. Nasfat Shehadeh answered
Hematology and Oncology 29 years experience
No: No.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Does "sc blood group" exist?
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Dr. Mehdi Moezi answered
Medical Oncology 31 years experience
SC Hemmoglobin: Yes it is not a blood group you may mean sc disease which is hemoglobinopathy and combination of sickcle and hemoglobin c and may need treatment an dhematology observation. Ask for referral to hematology.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
How could blood groups originate?
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Dr. Ed Friedlander answered
Pathology 44 years experience
Genetic drift: There is no obvious selective advantage for A, B or O in nature, and these seem to be the result of random mutations. Some of the African blood groups, famously Duffy Negative, arise in response to selective pressure because it gives immunity to the local form of malaria. You may find this site helpful http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2007/02/abo-blood-types.html
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