You can't change your blood type, but there are other known risk factors you can control.
, MD, a dual-board-certified internist and geriatrician and cofounder of Devine Concierge Medicine, agreed."In this study, sample size was relatively small at 483 hospitalized patients and 1,289 total COVID-positive patients who had a blood type documented," Dr. Devine told POPSUGAR."We need to see more studies with larger numbers of patients to have a better idea if infection rate is increased with certain blood types.
Dr. Cutler added that the research that had previously emerged about blood types and COVID-19 had other limitations."There are many flaws and biases in these studies," he said. For example,"some studies used blood donors as a comparison group to the COVID-19 patients to look at blood type frequency when COVID-19 is not present. However, it is well known that a disproportionate number of blood donors are type O, as this is the most widely acceptable type of blood for transfusion.
"Due to lack of association between blood type and rates of hospitalization, intubation, or death, I feel it is premature to put too much stock in the topic for now," Dr. Devine said."This newly identified distinction in infection rate between blood types may be a piece of the larger puzzle of COVID-19. It is a starting point for more research into why the virus overexcites the immune system and why the virus causes blood clots in some people and not others.
If anything, the lack of clear answers is an important reminder that we all need to do our best to follow the guidelines issued by experts and
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