Patient's question:
What is neonatal ABO hemolytic disease? Can neonatal ABO hemolytic disease be treated? Can neonates be cured? My blood type is O positive, RH-D positive. My husband's blood type is A positive, RH-D positive. Will the newborn have hemolysis?Doctor's answer:
Hemolytic disease of the newborn (Heterozygous hemolytic disease of the mother and fetus) is an autoimmune hemolytic disease caused by the reaction between the mother's antibodies and the fetus's red blood cells due to the blood type mismatch between the pregnant woman and the fetus. Hemolytic disease of the newborn is also known as heterozygous hemolytic disease of the mother and fetus, which is a hemolytic disease caused by the same-species immune reaction of the mother to the fetus's red blood cells. Both Rh blood type and ABO blood type mismatches can cause this disease, but the former is more severe, being the most common cause of pathological jaundice in newborns and the most severe disease causing bilirubin in newborns.