THE HUMAN IMMUNE SYSTEM
BLOOD GROUPS
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Question
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The transfusion goes well, no negative effects.
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Agglutination occurs in the person with type B blood. The donor cells are affected.
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Agglutination occurs in the person with type B blood. Their own blood cells are affected.
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The person with type B blood will die.
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Detailed explanation-1: -A person with A+ blood receives B+ blood. The B antibodies (yellow) in the A+ blood attack the foreign red blood cells by binding to them. The B antibodies in the A+ blood bind the antigens in the B+ blood and agglutination occurs.
Detailed explanation-2: -A person with type A blood receiving a transfusion of type B or AB blood would have an ABO incompatibility reaction. In an ABO incompatibility reaction, your immune system attacks the new blood cells and destroys them.
Detailed explanation-3: -If a person with type A receives type B blood, or vice versa, these molecules, called blood antigens, can cause the immune system to mount a deadly attack on the red blood cells. But type O cells lack these antigens, making it possible to transfuse that blood type into anyone.
Detailed explanation-4: -So, if someone with Type O blood was to try and donate plasma to someone with Type B blood, that plasma would contain anti-A and anti-B antibodies. Those anti-B antibodies would then attack the red blood cells of the Type B recipient.