Patient's question:
My child was just born and the doctor said they choked, causing neonatal pneumonia due to amniotic fluid! Now a week later, they say it's ABO hemolysis! What is going on? The mother is type O and the father is type A.Doctor's answer:
ABO hemolysis is commonly seen when the mother is blood type O and the child is blood type A or B. A blood type test can be performed for the child to determine the specific blood type. Depending on the condition, treatments such as medication, blue light therapy, or blood transfusion may be used. This is definitely high. The key now is to diagnose the underlying cause. If there are no other discomforting symptoms, it should be considered as breast milk jaundice. In that case, exposing the child to light and taking probiotics may be sufficient.