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Dangerous ideas about Rhesus negative blood type

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lottieandmia · 25/02/2017 17:49

I have heard various people online and in RL expressing the opinion that they feel they are immune to disease because they are Rh neg. I'm here to tell them they're wrong!

These people are probably spreading STIs around because they think they can't get them. Where does this ridiculous idea come from?

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esmaesmomma · 25/02/2017 21:41

I'm RH- as was my mum and my daughter and I've never heard of this.

Some people are bonkers though!

lottieandmia · 25/02/2017 22:24

Huckle - how is it actual science?

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HuckleberryGin · 25/02/2017 22:27

There are studies. I linked to one.

HuckleberryGin · 25/02/2017 22:33

journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0141362

Here's another one. It doesn't say immune, but as someone above stated, there has to be an evolutionary advantage to explain the risk.

PetalMettle · 25/02/2017 22:34

I'm rh-, and hadn't heard the immune thing. Had heard the fallen angel theory though

lottieandmia · 25/02/2017 22:34

Fallen angel???

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lottieandmia · 25/02/2017 22:48

Oh well I had heard the thing about extra vertebrae (just how would you check that out?) all the other things in the list - absolutely don't apply to me. I have low blood pressure, not high.

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Anasnake · 25/02/2017 22:52

I'm rh - and rarely I'll. Quite relieved to know that I'm immortal and won't get the plague 😂

NatalieRushman · 25/02/2017 23:00

Huckle's right though! In fact, the injections for rh- mothers is related to the higher resistance to some diseases. Interestingly, that's one of the reasons Europe has a higher than normal O- population than other places. The Black Death mostly affected Europe (due to a number of factors including and not limited to geographical location, medical knowledge, and general cleanliness at that specific point in history), but as rh- (and possibly O- in particular?) people had a stronger innate resistance, they had a higher survival rate. And therefore, due to the sheer number of people who died, the surviving population consisted of a comparatively large proportion of O- people.

But, to the point, yes. It is dangerous to think that being rh- gives you immunity to diseases. Although I haven't actually met anyone who's ever thought that.

IAmAPaleontologist · 25/02/2017 23:03

I like the idea of belonging to some non human race. Somewhat doubtful though! The resistance to certain things is very interesting, i had never read anything about that. I'm negative, dh and the dc are all positive. I've not had the plague though which is nice but I have had measles, mumps and rubella in spite of vaccinations though they were old singles so less effective as I predate the mmr. I've never had chicken pox though, maybe that's my superpower. Oh and mosquitoes used to cross continents to eat me until I birthed ds1. So long as I take him on holiday with me they go for him instead. He's my human shield.

Tanfastic · 25/02/2017 23:55

I'm Rh- too and I've not heard this before. Interesting topic though.

ItsBarnezyBitch · 26/02/2017 00:03

We're all illuminati innit?

Tbf I've fucked some proper wronguns and not caught the hiv.....yet

Perhaps there's some validity to this immortal stuff

I'm special, special....so special, special....... Grin

HerRoyalFattyness · 26/02/2017 00:11

I've no idea. My entire family is rh+ although my dad's obsessed with telling people he's rh- (he's really not. I've been there when this was discussed with his GP.)

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Thefitfatty · 26/02/2017 05:48

A- here. The only thing I've ever noticed is that mosquito's don't seem to like me as much as they like + people.....But that could just be all the garlic and onions I eat too...

annandale · 26/02/2017 05:57

'This must be true. I'm rh- and have never once had the plague Grin'

GrinGrinGrinGrin

LoveMyLittleSuperhero · 26/02/2017 06:06

My moms rh- and immune to tb Hmm could there actually be a genuine link there?
On the other hand she was hospitalised with chicken pocks in her teens and has measles as a baby so definitely not immune to those!
The problems with carrying children to full term broke her heart when she was younger, she never knew what the problem was until she had me (after ten years of being married, trying and miscarrying), then it nearly killed my little brother and she didn't have any more. She always says we were miracles.

TizzyDongue · 26/02/2017 06:17

Yesterday 20:41 RustyParker

I've come across this in random, crazy corners of the internet too OP. I even read something which claimed Jesus was B- but for the life of me I can't remember the reasoning why!

maybe B- have a resurrection trait?

I'm O- and I've never had the plague!!! Evidently true. Mind you I had a lot of childhood diseases.

I wasn't immune to TB also - least wasn't that what that little prickly stampy thing was they gave before the tb jabs? A test to check natural immunity?

Also I can't donate blood anymore.

Also no x-ray vision.

I'm a rubbish O Negitiver.

TizzyDongue · 26/02/2017 08:46

Oh well joys of joys, the Jesus rhesus negative thing is based on racists thought. Proven by clap trap and dip shit theory.

reallyanotherone · 26/02/2017 09:02

Yes all you rh neg people, please give blood!

O neg especially.

That whole nephilim fallen angel thing seems to think rh neg is a "thing", as in you "have" rhneg, and it was "introduced" into human dna.

When in fact it means you don't have rhesus factor. if you are rh- it is simply you don't have a rhesus gene to produce the rh protein. Because somewhere along the lime a chunk of dna got deleted during reproduction, which happens all the time.

TizzyDongue · 26/02/2017 09:13

From what I read really it's the lack of the rheusus that shows we're (us fallen angels that is) that we're aren't evolved from primates. Rather than 'having' Rh negative.

Oh and chem trails are out to get us too.

lottieandmia · 26/02/2017 10:00

I've never given blood - I really should.

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kel1234 · 26/02/2017 10:56

I found out I was rhesus Negative during my pregnancy (1st baby).
The only thing I've had was chickenpox, and that wasn't until I was 17 years old.

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