Everything You Need to Know About Blood Diseases – Symptoms, Signs, Causes, Diagnosis,Risk Factors,Types and Treatments

Hemolytic Disease Of The Newborn

This disease appears in the newborns. It occurs when the red blood cells break down in babies’ bodies at the fastest rate. In this disease, some infected molecules produced in the mother’s body and entered into the new body through the placenta. This disease is also called erythroblastosis, which also means the breakdown of the red blood cells.

The chances of this disease increase when the child has a different blood group and the Rh factor from his/her mother. It happens mostly when the mother has Rh-negative, and the father has Rh-positive; then, in this case, the newborn developed the hemolytic disease. And in fact, when the placenta breaks accidentally, later the newborn also developed the hemolytic disease. It can even happen in the case when the baby and the mother’s blood cells mix during prenatal tests.

The immune system of the Hemolytic diseased newborn is unable to fight against the foreign cells. Their immune system does not store antibodies so that when the foreign cells come in the body of the newborn, their immune system cannot destroy them.

The symptoms are pale yellow skin, and the white eyes have significant liver and spleen damage.

The treatment includes light therapy, and antibiotics to prevent their red blood cells from destruction.