What causes rhesus disease? Rhesus disease only happens when the mother has rhesus negative blood (RhD negative) and the baby in her womb has rhesus positive blood (RhD positive). The mother must have also been previously sensitised to RhD positive blood. What is the sequence of events that result inRead More →
Erythroblastosis fetalis can occur when different Rh factor blood types mix during pregnancy. Problems can arise even if small amounts of Rh-positive and Rh-negative blood mix. What conditions impair coagulation except? Treatments Hemophilia. This condition is a bleeding disorder in which blood does not clot normally. … Von Willebrand disease.Read More →
In 1932, Diamond and colleagues described the relationship among fetal hydrops, jaundice, anemia, and erythroblasts in the circulation, a condition later called erythroblastosis fetalis. Levine later determined the cause after Landsteiner and Weiner discovered the Rh blood group system in 1940. Is it impossible for the first child to haveRead More →