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How does Rh factor affect a fetus?

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When a mother is Rh negative and her baby is Rh positive, she may develop antibodies to the baby's blood that will cause it to hemolyze

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How does the RH factor affect a woman who is pregnant?

The Rh factor is a protein found in red blood cells. Most people are Rh positive, but if a woman is pregnant and Rh negative, this could definitely affect her fetus causing brain damage, or even death in the fetus or newborn.


With a Rh plus mother and a Rh- fetus will either develop antibodies against Rh antigens?

no when Rh negative blood from the fetus interacts with Rh+ blood of the mother there will be no antibodies produced due to absence of antigen on the Rh- blood cells and when Rh positive is mixed with Rh negative blood of fetus no response is produced due to the fact that the fetus has an underdeveloped immune system


Does the rhesus factor affect the health of the individuals who has it?

It does not usually cause problems. It is an issue with blood transfusions and in tissue transplantation. The common place for it to be an issue is if an Rh negative mother has an Rh positive child. Some fetal blood mixes with the mother's and so she can make antibodies tot he Rh factor. If a later pregnancy is also Rh positive then the antibodies will kill that fetus. Doctors give Rhogam to Rh negative pregnant women in order to keep this from happening.


Are there blood type tests that are recommended before conception?

An Rh factor test is recommended. A mother who becomes pregnant by a father that has a different Rh factor runs the risk of the fetus having an Rh factor that differs from her own. This can cause compatibility problems that can effect the unborn child and the health of the mother.


What creates Rh disease?

If an Rh negative woman is pregnant with an Rh positive fetus, her body will produce antibodies against the fetus's blood, causing a disease known as Rh disease


What is the influence of Rh factor on babies?

Do you mean how can they affect babies or how can they affect the baby's blood type?


What is a set of red blood cell surface antigens that are responsible for serious interactions between a mother and her developing fetus?

Rh factor


How does rh negative blood types affect pregnancy?

Having a negative rh blood type can seriously affect pregnancy and should be monitored closely. The possible incompatibility between the mother and the fetus could result in the mothers antibodies attacking the fetus as if it were a virus. This can be prevented by a shot roughly 28 weeks into the pregnancy.


The condition in which rh plus red blood cells of a fetus are attacked by anti-Rh antibodies of the fetus Rh-mother is called?

Heamolytic disease of the newborn or Erythroblastosis Fetalis


How did the discovery of the rhesus factor affect society?

Rh factor is also called "Rhesus factor" because it was first discovered in the blood.


Rh positive mother a positive baby?

If a person has the Rh factor, then they are positive. If they don't have the Rh factor, they are negative. The Rh factor is dominant, so a mother with it would have an Rh positive baby even if the father is negative for the Rh factor.


How did the discovery of the rhesus affect society?

Rh factor is also called "Rhesus factor" because it was first discovered in the blood.