Patient's question:
Will a child and mother with type O blood cause hemolysis?Doctor's answer:
Hello, ABO hemolytic disease often occurs when the mother's blood type is O and the father's blood type is A, B, or AB, which may lead to hemolysis, known as ABO incomplete hemolytic disease. However, not all babies will develop the disease. Some may not show symptoms, while others may have mild or severe symptoms. This is related to the amount of antibodies in the mother, the degree of binding between antibodies and fetal red blood cells, the strength of A or B antigens, and the compensatory hematopoietic ability of the fetus.