rhesus negative

Luckily my blood group is rhesus negative, so they gave me good money and I was able to get back home.

Fourteen died as a consequence of their mother's Rhesus Negative blood.

It corresponds roughly to the geographical spread of rhesus negative blood types.

The incidence of Rh disease in a population depends on the proportion that are rhesus negative.

And rhesus negative, both of you?

The problem arises when the mother is rhesus negative and her baby is rhesus positive.

Even higher disease rates would occur in the 3rd and subsequent Rhesus positive infants of rhesus negative woman.

After the delivery you should ensure the doctor at the hospital is aware that you're rhesus negative and you're given anti-D.

What's rhesus negative blood?

Most people (80 per cent) have rhesus positive blood; the remainder have rhesus negative.

In humans, for example, the mother is Rhesus negative and the fetus Rhesus positive (derived from the father).

If your blood is Rhesus negative, (about one in seven of the population is) your blood will be checked for antibodies now.

This particularly occurs where a woman has a blood type which is rhesus negative, and where her partner is rhesus positive.

Group AB rhesus negative.

It is very rare for the first Rhesus positive baby of a Rhesus negative woman to be affected by Rh disease.

These are people with haemophilia, primary immune deficiency, albumen tetanus needs, acquired deficiencies, auto-immune diseases and Rhesus negative pregnant women.

In Caucasian populations about 13% of Rhesus negative mothers are sensitized by their first pregnancy with a rhesus positive baby.

People who are rhesus positive have a compound called D antigen in their blood, while people who are rhesus negative don't.

In Caucasian populations about 1 in 10 of all pregnancies are of a Rhesus negative woman with a Rhesus positive baby.

The first pregnancy with a Rhesus positive baby is significant for a rhesus negative woman because she can be sensitized to the Rh positive antigen.

Many non-caucasian peoples have a very low proportion who are Rhesus negative, so the incidence of Rh disease is very low in these populations.

Because you're rhesus negative, there's a risk that any babies you have may suffer from haemolytic disease of the newborn, also known as rhesus disease or blue baby syndrome.

Anti D injections have been developed and may be used to attempt to avoid this, and these are usually automatically given to rhesus negative women immediately after they give birth to their first child.

Anti-RhD immunoglobulin is also given to non-sensitized Rhesus negative women immediately (within 72 hours - the sooner the better) after potentially sensitizing events that occur earlier in pregnancy.