Patient's question:
A child of one of my classmates had swelling symptoms at birth and severe jaundice. After the doctor's examination, it was said that the child had neonatal Rh hemolytic disease. I want to understand the cause.Doctor's answer:
Hello, neonatal hemolytic disease is a type of alloimmune hemolytic anemia, referring to immune hemolytic anemia caused by blood type antibodies. It is caused by incompatibility between the blood types of the mother and child, and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia caused by blood type antigens is often more common in several highly antigenic blood types.