Patient's question:
Can newborn hemolytic disease be treated? If it is treated, will it still affect the baby's intellectual and physical development? Can it be treated? The baby has been hospitalized for ten days, and I am very anxious. Is newborn hemolytic disease very dangerous? How should it be treated?Doctor's answer:
Hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) refers to the blood type antibodies produced by the mother due to blood type incompatibility between mother and fetus, which are not matched with the blood type antigens of the fetus. These antibodies enter the fetus through the placenta, causing homologous immune hemolysis. It has been found that there is blood type incompatibility between the Rh blood group system and the ABO blood group system. Phototherapy is the simplest and most effective method to reduce serum bilirubin. When the serum bilirubin level reaches the exchange standard according to different gestational ages and different days, exchange treatment needs to be performed. ABO hemolysis only requires exchange transfusion in a few severe cases.