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INCOMPATABILITY
• LANDSTEINER & WEINER in the year 1940,
discovered specific antigen in the human red
cells , as it was also present in the rhesus
monkey, the antigen was named as “Rh”
ANEMIA.
HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA.
HYDROPS FETALIS.
ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FOETALIS.
Cont.,.,
Signs & Symptoms:
• Rh incompatibility can cause symptoms ranging from
very mild to fatal.
2- It causes Severe
anemiaFetal heart
failure Death of the infant
shortly after delivery.
2- Total body swelling.
3- Respiratory distress (if the infant has been
delivered)
4- Circulatory collapse.
6- Lethargy.