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immunoglobulin G (igG1 and igG3 are most common)
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What is the most common screening for HIV?
The most common screening for HIV tests for antibodies in the blood; however most infants born to infected mothers test positive for 6-18 months because of the presence of maternal antibodies.
Is a person with HIV antibodies a host of HIV?
If you have HIV antibodies then you are infected with HIV. The only exception to this is if you are a newborn. Newborns carry mothers IgG antibodies to HIV and the half life of IgG is approximately 21 days.
Are you born with all your mother's antibodies?
No.
Do mothers transfer flu through lactating?
No, but they can transfer antibodies they developed from having had the flu or from a vaccination. Breastfeeding is an important part of providing protection to an infant with an undeveloped immune system by giving the antibodies by way of the milk.
How can a new born baby be immune to measles?
Because their mothers are immune to it and breast fead
List two advantages in breast feeding?
strengthens emotional bond between mother and baby transfers all the mothers antibodies
What materials pass from the mothers blood to the babies?
Gases, All small molecules (food, structural materials, minerals); hormones, and antibodies.
What are the naturally occurring antibodies?
They are antibodies that you are born with an occur without exposure to foreign. A good example would be found in an O negative individual. They have A and B antibodies in their plasma.
What causes the production of Rh antibodies?
Exposure to the Rh (or D) antigen. Most common in mothers who are Rh- who have a child that is Rh+. The mothers immune system will produce Rh antibodies and the blood cells of the NEXT Rh+ baby could be attacked during birth. Rh- mothers are given Rhogam to prevent this from happening. I know this is more than you asked for but every test question dealing with Rh asks something about this it is commonly called hemolytic disease of the newborn
How is the immune status of a newborn different from the immune status of a child?
Yes. A newborn has not developed his own antibodies yet. He carries his mothers. He starts produces his own antibodies as soon as he meets pathogens. However, they are usually killed by his mother's antibodies. He will continue to receive antibodies from his mother's breast milk as long as he nurses. However, he will also start producing his own. Children are fighting all diseases on their own or with the help of vaccines.
You are o what blood type do you have to worrie about when having a baby?
None. What you have to worry about is if the mother's blood type is (-) negative and the father's is (+)positive. When this happens, the baby inside the mother will be (+) and the mother will make antibodies to the baby's blood for the first pregnancy. This will not affect the firstborn, but will affect the second born. This is why they give Rh - moms a shot of Rhogam to keep the mothers antibodies from attacking the baby's bloodcells resulting in anemia.
Infants born to drug addicted mothers?
Infants born to drug addicted mothers tend to be drug addicted themselves. Mothers should not become pregnant when they are actively using drugs.
