Rh Incompatibility: Treatments
Rh incompatibility is a condition that occurs during pregnancy if a woman has Rh-negative blood and her baby has Rh-positive blood. “Rh-negative” and “Rh-positive” refer to whether your blood has Rh factor. Rh factor is a protein on red blood cells.
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About Rh Incompatibility Treatments
Rh incompatibility is treated with a medicine called Rh immune globulin. Treatment for a baby who has hemolytic anemia will vary based on the severity of the condition.
Goals of Treatment
The goals of treating Rh incompatibility are to ensure that your baby is healthy and to lower your risk for the condition in future pregnancies.
Treatment for Rh Incompatibility
If Rh incompatibility is diagnosed during your pregnancy, you’ll receive Rh immune globulin in your seventh month of pregnancy and again within 72 hours of delivery.
You also may receive Rh immune globulin if the risk of blood transfer between you and the baby is high (for example, if you’ve had a miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, or bleeding during pregnancy).
Rh immune globulin contains Rh antibodies that attach to the Rh-positive blood cells in your blood. When this happens, your body doesn’t react to the baby’s Rh-positive cells as… Read more about Rh Incompatibility: Treatments