{"id":1714668,"date":"2022-10-28T06:30:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T10:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1714668"},"modified":"2022-10-28T08:35:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T12:35:47","slug":"having-this-blood-type-can-increase-your-risk-of-blood-clots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/having-this-blood-type-can-increase-your-risk-of-blood-clots\/","title":{"rendered":"Having This Blood Type Can Increase Your Risk of Blood Clots"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhaving-this-blood-type-can-increase-your-risk-of-blood-clots%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1714668&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Blood clots are not inherently dangerous; our blood is designed to clot, so that when we&#8217;re injured, we won&#8217;t bleed to death. However, when a blood clot makes its way to your heart, lung, or brain, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/news-blood-clots\/\" target=\"_blank\">it can be lethal<\/a>. A pulmonary embolism (PE), for example, is a blood clot that forms in your body\u2014often your leg\u2014and travels to an artery in your lungs, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hopkinsmedicine.org\/health\/conditions-and-diseases\/pulmonary-embolism\" target=\"_blank\">blocking blood flow<\/a>, say the experts at Johns Hopkins Medicine. PE can quickly become life-threatening, and is therefore always an emergency situation.<\/p>\n<p>Risk factors for pulmonary embolism and other dangerous types of blood clots include a family history of blood clotting disorders, being on extended periods of bed rest, pregnancy, smoking, and obesity. But one other thing may increase your risk of a dangerous blood clot, according to an April 2021 study done in Sweden. People with one blood type in particular may be at higher risk of developing a blood clot, they say. Read on to find out what it is, and how to lower your risk no matter what blood type you have.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ THIS NEXT: <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/news-blood-clot-cast\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wearing This Increases Your Blood Clot Risk, Experts Say<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"400737\" class=\"alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-400737\" src=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/family-tree.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all\" alt=\"image of a family tree\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/family-tree.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/family-tree-1.jpg, 333&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/family-tree-2.jpg, 512&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/family-tree-3.jpg, 683&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-400737\" src=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/family-tree.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all\" alt=\"image of a family tree\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/family-tree.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/family-tree-1.jpg, 333&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/family-tree-2.jpg, 512&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/family-tree-3.jpg, 683&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">tomertu \/ Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not sure what your blood type is? Your parents&#8217; blood type may provide a clue. That&#8217;s because <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pennmedicine.org\/updates\/blogs\/health-and-wellness\/2019\/april\/blood-types\" target=\"_blank\">your blood type<\/a> is inherited from them, passed down genetically, says Penn Medicine. Determined by proteins in your red blood cells called antigens, there are four main blood types: A, B, AB, and O. The Rhesus, or Rh, factor, may be either positive or negative for each type, meaning there are eight possible blood types. Thirty-seven percent of the population has O+ blood, making it <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/donate-blood\/blood-types.html\" target=\"_blank\">the most common type<\/a> (and the highest in demand at blood banks), according to the American Red Cross.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ THIS NEXT: <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/hailey-bieber-blood-clot-stroke-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hailey Bieber Says This Was the First Sign of a Blood Clot in Her Brain<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"323612\" class=\"alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-323612\" src=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/blood-work-test-antibodies-lower-smoking.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all\" alt=\"A closeup of a doctor&#039;s hand reaching for a blood sample in a vial\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/blood-work-test-antibodies-lower-smoking.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blood-work-test-antibodies-lower-smoking-1.jpg, 334&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blood-work-test-antibodies-lower-smoking-2.jpg, 512&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 768w\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-323612\" src=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/blood-work-test-antibodies-lower-smoking.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all\" alt=\"A closeup of a doctor&#039;s hand reaching for a blood sample in a vial\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/08\/blood-work-test-antibodies-lower-smoking.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blood-work-test-antibodies-lower-smoking-1.jpg, 334&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/blood-work-test-antibodies-lower-smoking-2.jpg, 512&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 768w\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\"><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/doctor-working-blood-samples-laboratory-1688341552\" target=\"blank\">Shutterstock<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While it&#8217;s true that blood types generally fall into one of the eight categories previously mentioned, scientists said this month that they&#8217;ve discovered a <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/new-blood-type-er-antigens-types\/12308858\/\" target=\"_blank\">new group of blood types<\/a>. Per CNN, a study published in the journal <em>Blood<\/em> described <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" href=\"https:\/\/ashpublications.org\/blood\/article-abstract\/doi\/10.1182\/blood.2022016504\/486664\/Missense-mutations-in-PIEZO1-encoding-the-Piezo1\" target=\"_blank\">a blood type<\/a> called the &#8220;Er blood group,&#8221; which can cause immune cells to attack other cells. &#8220;The Er antigen was discovered years ago, but the study is the first to describe different mutations of the antigen,&#8221; they reported. While this blood type is rare, researchers say it could be important for healthcare providers to be aware of &#8220;if they are having trouble diagnosing their patient.&#8221;<span aria-hidden=\"true\">ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"241093\" class=\"alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-241093\" src=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/Blood-clots.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all\" alt=\"Person with pain in calf\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/Blood-clots.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Blood-clots-1.jpg, 334&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Blood-clots-2.jpg, 513&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Blood-clots-3.jpg, 684&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-241093\" src=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/Blood-clots.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all\" alt=\"Person with pain in calf\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/Blood-clots.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Blood-clots-1.jpg, 334&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Blood-clots-2.jpg, 513&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Blood-clots-3.jpg, 684&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A Swedish study, published in the April 2021 issue of the journal <em>eLife<\/em>, looked at the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" href=\"https:\/\/elifesciences.org\/articles\/65658\" target=\"_blank\">link between blood type<\/a> and over a thousand different diseases and found that people with type A blood were more likely to develop PE and portal vein thrombosis (PVT)\u2014another potentially deadly type of blood clot. PVT is especially scary because, as Healthline reports, it often <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/portal-vein-thrombosis\" target=\"_blank\">has no symptoms<\/a>. &#8220;Although PVT is treatable, it can be life-threatening,&#8221; they write, adding that the risk factors for PVT include liver disease, inflammation of the pancreas, appendicitis, and trauma or injury.<\/p>\n<p>One in three people <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redcrossblood.org\/donate-blood\/blood-types\/a-blood-type.html\" target=\"_blank\">have A+ blood<\/a>, the American Red Cross says, while one in 16 have A- blood, making type A blood overall one of the more common blood types.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more health news sent directly to your inbox, <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\">sign up for our daily newsletter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"385945\" class=\"alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-385945\" src=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/iStock-1124770029.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all\" alt=\"retired couple on beach\" width=\"1253\" height=\"836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/iStock-1124770029.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all 1253w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/iStock-1124770029-1.jpg, 334&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/iStock-1124770029-2.jpg, 512&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/iStock-1124770029-3.jpg, 683&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-385945\" src=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/iStock-1124770029.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all\" alt=\"retired couple on beach\" width=\"1253\" height=\"836\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/09\/iStock-1124770029.jpg?quality=82&#038;strip=all 1253w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/iStock-1124770029-1.jpg, 334&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/iStock-1124770029-2.jpg, 512&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/iStock-1124770029-3.jpg, 683&#038;quality=82&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\"><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\/photo\/senior-men-walking-with-senior-women-on-the-beach-gm1124770029-295410380?phrase=retiredcouplebeach\" target=\"blank\">iStock \/ kate_sept2004<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While the idea of developing a blood clot is scary, you can take action to lower your risk\u2014no matter what your blood type is. Verywell health says the <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/preventing-blood-clots-4163726\" target=\"_blank\">most important thing<\/a> you can do to reduce your chance of a life-threatening blood clot is to stop using tobacco products, if you&#8217;re in the habit. Other lifestyle changes you can make include getting plenty of exercise\u2014walking counts!\u2014as well as maintaining a healthy weight, eating less salt, and taking your medications as prescribed.<\/p>\n<p>Speak with your healthcare provider if you&#8217;re concerned about blood clots, and to find out whether you&#8217;re at risk due to your blood type or other factors. If you don&#8217;t know your blood type, you can also ask them to tell you, or to test you if it&#8217;s not already part of your medical record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blood clots are not inherently dangerous; our blood is designed to clot, so that when we&#8217;re injured, we won&#8217;t bleed to death. 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