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Rh-negative blood

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Noun1.Rh-negative blood - the blood group whose red cells lack the Rh factor (Rh antigen)
blood group, blood type - human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens


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Rh incompatibility occurs when a pregnant woman has Rh-negative blood and the fetus has Rh-positive blood, inherited from a father who has Rh-positive blood.
Many of these older patients live to develop antibodies and are, thus, in a potentially dangerous situation that mandates they be given Rh-negative blood because subsequent Rh-positive blood transfusions produce negative reactions.
If you have Rh-negative blood and get pregnant by a man with Rh-positive blood, your children will most likely have Rh-positive blood.
 
 
 
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