Question 1

what is rh incompatibility?

Accepted Answer

Pregnancy risk: The presence or absence of the  Rh factor is what makes our blood type either positive or negative.  Rh incompatibility occurs when a woman with a negative blood type carries a fetus with a positive blood type.  When fetal cells enter the maternal circulation, her immune system can form antibodies to the Rh antigen that can attack the fetal cells in a subsequent pregnancy.  Rhogam helps lower risk.

Question 2

what can i take to treat rh incompatibility?

Accepted Answer

RhoGam: Your physician knows about this and there's more than a 99% chance you'll be fine.

Question 3

how can i relate the rh incompatibility to other blood cells?

Accepted Answer

Unclear question: It is not feasible to answer your question as there is no incompatibility between a person's red cells and other cells.

Question 4

how do doctors determine transfusion reactions, abo compatibility, rh incompatibility?

Accepted Answer

Huge subject: Whole textbooks deal with this subject. It's so large I wouldn't even be able to refer you to a reliable website. You may want to start with the AABB American Association of Blood Banks. Blood for transfusion should only be given when it is truly, really required -- and when it does, it's a huge life-saver.

Question 5

what does it mean if i might have blood incompatibility with my baby?

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Potential problem: Your body may react if exposed to your baby's blood. Such a reaction can affect red blood cells, white blood cells, or even platelets. Such reactions typically reduce the numbers of the affected cell type. The effects depend on the cell type affected and how much their numbers are reduced. Rhogam is given to rh-negative mothers during pregnancy and after birth to prevent a type of this problem.

Question 6

what is abo incompatibility?

Accepted Answer

Exposure to differen: Blood types.  Typically refers to a baby having different blood type than mom.  Therefore, there is prolonged breakdown of red blood cells, causing jaundice.  This can occur in transfusions, where the wrong blood type is given.  This is uncommon.

Question 7

even if you treat blood incompatibility, are there any long-term effects?

Accepted Answer

None come to mind: Today blood incompadibility comes up mostly for newborns but may arise with transfusions. The issues are generally transient & resolve once the time limited antibodies have disappeared. If blood breakdown was monitored and toxic effects were minimized  at the time, there is no reason to anticipate further problems.

Question 8

is abo incompatibility genetic?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Your blood group is based on presence of specific antigen on your red cells, if you have "a" antigen, you are "a" blood group, if "b" antigen then "b" blood group and if you neither have "a" nor "b" antigen, then you are "o" blood group.  Both "a" and "b" antigen are based on genetic make up. However, the ABO incompatibility that can lead to jaundice only happens when mother is "o" blood group.

Question 9

how common is having blood incompatibility during birth?

Accepted Answer

Not uncommon: Blood incompatibility between mom and baby may lead to increased levels of jaundice during the newborn period. Incompatibility is due to antibodies within the mother's blood, which may be secondary to a mismatch between blood types (mom is type o and the baby is a or b, or mom is rh- and baby is rh+), or the presence of an unusual antibody, which is typically screened for during pregnancy.

Question 10

is it the mom or dad's fault when it comes to abo incompatibility?

Accepted Answer

No: Assigning "fault" or "blame" is useless in this situation as there is literally nothing either can do to prevent ABO incompatibility.

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