How can Rh disease prevented?
This complication of pregnancy has not occurred often since the discovery of Rh-immune globulin, something like a vaccine. It is given to an Rh-negative woman shortly after every delivery, miscarriage, or abortion. It is al-so given to a pregnant Rh-negative woman after amniocentesis or, any bleeding episodes. If given routinely during the seventh month of pregnancy it helps to reduce the chances of immunization even further. Rhesus disease is luckily now almost completely preventable by use of this simple precautionary step. These injections act in a similar way to the same antibodies that the woman would normally create if the baby’s Rh positive blood entered her system. The introduced antibodies in the mother will destroy any fetal cells that enter the mother’s blood before her system has a chance to send a signal to create natural antibodies. So that immunisation is prevented. Your doctor will be able to give more, details on the schedule of this injection.
