• Question: Is blood diffrent when in a female or a male?

    Asked by emilyshearsmith to Alan, Deepak, Francesca, Lilly, Nick on 18 Mar 2014.
    • Photo: Alan Fitzsimmons

      Alan Fitzsimmons answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      No, females and males can have any blood type. There are 8 different types of blood, the differences are the type of defence the blood carries to protect against disease. Men and women can have any of these blood types, although some are more common than others.

    • Photo: Francesca Day

      Francesca Day answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      Not the blood itself. You might be able to tell if someone is male or female by looking at which hormones are being carried in their blood though.

    • Photo: Lilian Hunt

      Lilian Hunt answered on 19 Mar 2014:

      Nope. Plus blood donors can give their blood to be used in either men or women without a problem (so long as the blood type is right!).

    • Photo: Nick Wright

      Nick Wright answered on 19 Mar 2014:

      No its exactly the same, in fact you can take blood from a female and give it to a male, which is what they do in blood transfusions.

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