Blood Type

[NeseVee]

Curious as to whether there is any commonality of blood type and lupus (or autoimminue disorders in general). My blood type is O negative.

[falling2peices]

B+

[Polina44]

A+

[SjogiBear]

A+

[Penguintaz]

AB-

[Hidden]

B-

[Foggyme]

O-

[Leesy]

O-

[mandypops]

A+

[Florence91]

B-

[NannyAlli]

A+

[leslieliesel]

O-

[milkwoman]

O+

[Biloxi]

A+

[CRYSTAL11]

O +

[NeseVee]

Thank you to everyone who responded. In my very unscientific poll, I got pretty much butkus! Lol- Just kidding.

I thought I was onto something with my rough theory that O negatives were more susceptible to auto immune conditions given that they are unable to receive from any other blood type, but that doesn't seem to hold true.

I do note, however, that out of 15 people (14 responders, plus me) only one is AB. Hmmmmm....

[Paul_Howard Partner LUPUS UK in reply to NeseVee]

Hi NeseVee ,

I'm afraid this could well be because AB is the rarest blood type, making up approximately 4% of the population.