Mrs. GF

[glfitz]

Can a Mom with type B+ blood donate a partial liver to a daughter with O+ blood?  Some of the information says blood types must be compatible, but that does not answer my question.  Your help would be appreciated.

[eureka254]

"O" is the most common blood group in the US, but there is variance depending on the ethnic population.  In many other parts of the world, "O" blood type is the minority, and either A or B predominates.

[1oftheclub222]

I didn't realize type O was the most common blood type, I thought it was B...I think that is what I am...just goes to show what I know, ha...thanks again..

[1oftheclub222]

Thanks Hector!

[HectorSF]

Yes, it is because it is the most common blood type is blood type O. The most people = the most people with liver disease. Seem like common sense to me.

EMedicineHealth -
'With the shortage of donor organs and the need to match donor and patient blood and body type, the waiting time may be long. A patient with a very common blood type has less chance of quickly finding a suitable liver because so many others with his or her blood type also need livers. Such patients are likely to receive a liver only if they are in the intensive care unit and have very severe liver disease. A patient with an uncommon blood type may receive a transplant more quickly if a matching liver is identified because people higher on the transplant list may not have this unusual blood type.'

Today as I write this there are....16,902 patients waiting for a liver transplant in the US.
8,249 patients with type O blood waiting for a liver transplant (that is almost half of all patients)
6,361 type A
1,886 type B
406 type AB

20 times more people with type O are waiting than type AB!!!

There is no correlation between liver disease and blood type. Yes, it has been studied.

Hector

[1oftheclub222]

Interesting that most people waitng for a liver transplant are type O.  Do you think it is because it's the most common blood type, or is there some connection with type O and liver failure?  Has anyone ever done any research on that?

[HectorSF]

BigDaddy is correct...
'Recipients with blood type O... can receive from blood type O only.'

I am blood type O and waiting for a liver transplant. Patients with blood type O have the longest wait times of all blood types for deceased donor livers, as most people waiting for a liver transplant are blood type O. It is also the most common blood type. We can only except a liver from another type O donor.

A living donor liver is the best option for obtaining a transplant quickly. The other option is to be listed also (multiple listings) at a transplant center that transplants at a lower MELD score than the current transplant center where she is listed. This is a difficult process and not always possible because of many reasons I won't go into here.

It is very generous for you to be willing to donate a part of your liver to your daughter if you could. Thanks for willing to give a life saving gift of your liver.
If we had more people willing to be donors us with End-Stage Liver Disease wouldn't be suffering for so long waiting and sometimes dying before receiving a donor liver.

Cheers!
Hector

[BigDaddy_59]

And on the recipient end:

Recipients with blood type O... can receive from blood type O only
Recipients with blood type A... can receive from blood types A and O
Recipients with blood type B... can receive from blood types B and O
Recipients with blood type AB... can receive from blood types A, B, AB and O (AB is the universal recipient: recipients with AB blood are compatible with any other blood type)

[orphanedhawk]

hi,
This is a hepatitis C forum. Not a transplant forum.
Our members mostly deal with hepatitis C related issues.
However, I found this information  online for you:

      Type A can donate to types A and AB.
      Type B can donate to types B and AB.
      Type AB can donate to type AB.
      Type O can donate to types A, B, AB, and O.