How the race against time to cure a 2-year-old girl triggered a global search for one of the world's rarest blood types
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0.000 HBDHow the race against time to cure a 2-year-old girl triggered a global search for one of the world's rarest blood types
 © Divulgação/OneBlood Zainab Mughal was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a type of cancer that children usually suffer. A two-year-old girl who suffers from cancer and needs several blood transfusions to fight that disease has motivated an international campaign in search of compatible donors. Zainab Mughal, who lives in the state of Florida (United States), has one of the rarest blood types in the world, which makes it difficult to find donors. So far, of more than 1,000 samples tested, only three are compatible. But doctors say it needs about 10 donors. **Only donors from Pakistan, India or Iran** According to Frieda Bright, the laboratory manager of the nonprofit blood bank OneBlood - which spearheads the campaign - Zainab's blood is rare because it does not have an antigen called Inb, which is common in most people. It is necessary to find donors that do not have that antigen either, or the body of the girl will reject the blood. "(This case) is so weird that it's the first time I've seen him in more than 20 years in this profession," says Bright in a video recorded by OneBlood. According to the organizers of the campaign, donors must be exclusively of Pakistani, Indian or Iranian descent, and have blood type 0 or A.  © Getty Images There are blood types that have been classified by science as "rare" and "extremely rare". The reason is that, statistically, the possibility of finding compatible blood outside of these populations is almost nil. However, even in these groups, it is estimated that less than 4% of people do not have the Inb antigen. "We are looking for compatible donors around the world," highlights Bright. To do this, OneBlood is working together with other blood banks and the American Rare Donor Program (ARDP), a program that seeks donors of rare types of blood around the world. The organization's site has information for potential donors on how to proceed. **Neuroblastoma** Zainab's father, Raheel Mughal, says his daughter was diagnosed in October with neuroblastoma, a type of cancer that usually attacks children. "We cried a lot, it was the worst we could hope for," says Mughal in a video. The news of the disease was aggravated by the fact that Zainab had an extremely rare blood type. "I and my wife donated blood." The next day the results arrived and we discovered that we were not compatible, many of our relatives and friends donated and are not compatible, "says the girl's father.  © BBC The girl was diagnosed with cancer in October. According to doctors, treatment with chemotherapy is already reducing the size of the tumor, but Zainab will need two bone marrow transplants and many blood transfusions. "Blood is not going to cure her, but it's very important for her to survive cancer treatment," says Bright. **Extremely rare blood** According to the ARDP - a program that was created from the collaboration between the American Red Cross and the American Association of Blood Banks - a person's blood is considered rare if only one in 1,000 or more individuals lack the same antigen that person. In cases where only one of 10,000 or more individuals does not have the particular antigen, the blood is considered extremely rare, says the ARDP. How to tell your child that you have cancer https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-39028092 The child who was infected with HIV at age 8 and grew up unable to tell anyone https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-44967753 This program connects blood banks and donors around the world to help patients with rare blood types. "My daughter's life depends on blood," says Mughal. "What they are doing to save her is incredible, we will never forget it." Greetings friends steemit I wanted to put this information very important to see if this information reaches people from these countries where they require donors for the girl thank you. **FUENTE**  https://www.msn.com/es-ve/noticias/mundo/c%C3%B3mo-la-carrera-contrarreloj-para-curar-a-una-ni%C3%B1a-de-2-a%C3%B1os-desat%C3%B3-una-b%C3%BAsqueda-global-de-uno-de-los-tipos-de-sangre-m%C3%A1s-raros-del-mundo/ar-BBQBR10?li=AAgh0dF&ocid=mailsignout 