Expert: Paras Anand - 2/11/2010

Question
When I was hospitalized some punk kid that was a imposter or really working there said he was giving me a different blood type injection, could this cause breathing problems?  I don't know if i was infused with some other types of blood when I was a kid, but I had breathing problems ever since and the doctor says my lungs are good.  Are there tests that can detect my blood type and if theres any other besides my origintal blood type?  Also what can be done to correct having a different blood type?  


thanks,

Answer
Most of the time the body recognizes if there are any cells that are injected which are not the same as your own. Besides blood groups, every individual has cells with unique signature molecules. If anything else is injected, the body will recognize and eliminate it. In cases where there is mismatch blood being injected, the reactions are severe and the patient will die in few days only. Rest assured, there is nothing like that in your case. Your breathing problem might be related to any of the allergens around.

Hope this helps.