Blood types appear to be identical to zodiac signs. It is often used to predict people\’s personalities and even their future destiny. Sounds quite mysterious. However, in addition to entertainment, blood type matching is often used in medical settings, and blood type is also closely related to genetics. Therefore, blood type has become a more serious topic than the twelve zodiac signs, and the differences in blood types are much more serious than the twelve zodiac signs.
Recently, a friend of the editor was confused about blood types. She has type O blood, but her husband has type A blood. She heard about \”ABO hemolysis\” while preparing for pregnancy and was very worried. Should I give up trying to get pregnant?
Is ABO hemolysis so scary? What is ABO hemolysis? How is the ABO hemolysis test performed? Take a look.
What is ABO hemolysis?
There are two classifications of blood types for ordinary people: one is ABO blood type, which is what we often call type A, type B, type O, and type AB; the other is Rh blood type, that is, Rh positive and Rh negative.
If your ABO blood type is type O, and your husband is not type O, then the possibility of your baby suffering from ABO hemolytic disease in the future is very small. When a pregnant woman has type O blood and the fetus is type A or B, the pregnant woman\’s body can produce anti-A or anti-B antibodies. These antibodies enter the fetus with the blood flow and can cause hemolysis. When hemolysis occurs in ABO blood type, the pregnant woman must be type O. Only when the husband is type A, type B or type AB, the fetus may be type A or type B, resulting in hemolysis. Of course, if the father\’s blood type is O or A2, then the fetus\’ blood type may also be O or A2. Even if the mother has type O blood, there will be no blood type incompatibility.
To put it bluntly, ABO hemolysis is a disease caused by incompatibility of blood types between mother and baby. Isotype immune hemolysis caused by blood group incompatibility generally only occurs during the fetal or neonatal period. ABO hemolysis has also become an important cause of jaundice and anemia in the neonatal period. reason.
In fact, ABO hemolysis is not that scary. Because not all babies whose mothers have type O blood will suffer from ABO hemolytic disease. Only a small number of infants will develop the disease, and the symptoms are generally mild, manifesting as hemolytic jaundice or hemolytic anemia.
