Question 1

what is rh factor and what is the causes of it?

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Part of blood: The rh factor is part of your red blood cells.  They are a portion of the cell that mediates immune response.

You received your rh factor when you were born.

Question 2

what is rh incompatibility?

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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 3

what is rh positive and rh negative?

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Blood group antigen: Rhesus (rh) blood group is one of the more than 20 different blood group systems. One of the markers in rh system is "d" that is used in the terminology you inquired about. If rh d is present the person is rh positive and vice versa. See this site for more info (more than one needs)
http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/books/nbk2269/.

Question 4

what is rh factor and when it happens.do babies die?

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Rh disease : Rh disease is a rare blood reaction that occurs when the mother's body develops immune factors that fight the baby's blood. It occurs when the mother is sensitized during a previous pregnancy.

Question 5

hi doctors !what is rh disease is good or bad  for  a man to be  rh b negative  , what is antigens ?

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Rh isoimmunization: This is a condition that affects a developing fetus. It usually happens when the mother is rh (-), the father is rh (+), and the fetus is rh (+).  Fetal blood cells contain a surface antigen (a protein - called rh factor) that looks foreign to the mother. The mother makes antibodies to that protein which then pass through the placenta and attack the baby's blood cells, causing a dangerous anemia.

Question 6

what is rh antibody screening? what is it used for?

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Anemia in fetus: If the mother is Rh negative and father is Rh positive, mother may make antibodies to Rh that destroy the fetal red cells. Rh antibody screening is done to test for this disorder.

Question 7

what is an rh factor?

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Rh refers: To the rhesus factor . It is either present or absent on the surface of red cells, with positive being by far he more common.

Question 8

what exactly is the rh factor?

Accepted Answer

A marker on Red: Blood cells. Red cells have a number of markers/antigens on their surface and one of thise is rh facotr. Rh has many subtypes, the one most people refer to is rh d. See this site for more info.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/nbk2269/.

Question 9

what is the meaning of rh 'd' positive?

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Rh D positive: Rh is a blood grouping system like ABO system. Rh is taken from rhesus monkey. There are specific proteins called antigens on rbcs. They are termed a, b, c, d, e and so on. There are many of them. It means that antigen d is present on the rbcs surface. The rh system is important in hemolytic anemia of newly born babies. Thanks.

Question 10

simplist terms possible, what rh factor is?

Accepted Answer

An antigen: Rh factor is an antigen on the red blood cells which may induce specific antibodies which may destroy the blood cells.

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