RHESUS ISO-IMMUNISATION Sounds like a big word but it may be one of the reasons for babies dying in the womb before they are born! Some women have their babies dying inside them before the baby is born. And this can happen at any time during the pregnancy. There are a number of causes for such an event... ...The rhesus iso-immunisation problem is to do with blood. There are different blood groups. We have the A, B, O, and AB blood groups. A person can only have one blood group type. Another way of classifying the blood is using the rhesus system which consist of C,D,E antigens. The rhesus D is the one commonest for causing rhesus iso-immunisation... The importance of these blood groups is that a mismatch between the fetus blood and the mother can have serious consequences for the baby. What I mean is that if the mother’s blood group is different from that of the baby it can have dire consequences for the baby... Read more on Rhesus factor on our website: cepacegh.org
Posted on: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 11:10:24 +0000
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