BREAKING :RHESUS FACTOR INCOMPATIBILITY IS A LEADING CAUSE OF MISCARRIAGE! NOT ALWAYS YOUR VILLAGE PEOPLE

RHESUS FACTOR INCOMPATIBILITY IS A LEADING CAUSE OF MISCARRIAGE! 

NOT ALWAYS YOUR VILLAGE PEOPLE!

Rhesus Factor is an antigen that exists on the

surface of red blood cells in most people (about

85% of humans).It is also referred to as Rh

Factor.People who have the Rh have

“positive” (+) blood types, such as A+, O+ or B+

are said to be rhesus Factor positive,while those

who have the Rh “negative” (-) blood types,such

as A–, O– or AB– are said to be rhesus factor

negative .The “+” and “-” after the blood group

is the Rhesus factor. Generally,we have A+, A–,

B+, B–, AB+, AB–, O+ and O–.Rhesus factor is

genetic in nature.It is inherited from the

parents,emphatically the father.

How does Rhesus Factor cause miscarriage?

If a Rh– woman is impregnated by a man with

Rh–,there wouldn’t be any problem.However,if

a Rh– woman is impregnated by a man with Rh+,

there would be a problem if the baby inherits Rh+

from the father.We have here what is medically

called Rhesus Factor Incompatibility.The baby

would obviously be Rh+. During child birth,once

the baby’s Rh+ comes in contact with the

woman Rh- during delivery,the antibodies are

immediately activated by the woman’s body’s

immune system.

The activated antibodies would see the new Rh+

as foreign body or a threat and consequently

they would be at alert to attack and get rid of

the foreign body. Unfortunately as such,after

this particular child birth,the woman would keep

having miscarriages because the activated

antibodies would see subsequent Rh+

pregnancies as foreign bodies and would keep

fighting and taking them off.

Women with Rh activated antibodies are said to

be Rh sensitized and once these antibodies are

activated ,they can never be deactivated until

the woman dies.Rh induced antibodies are

activated in a Rh- woman by child birth,abortion,miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy.

If a Rh– woman commits an abortion for a Rh+

man and the antibodies are activated in her

system,the woman might end up childless

throughout her life except if she later marries

another man with with the same Rh–.The

possibility of a Rh– woman finding a Rh– man is

slim as about 85% of human beings are Rh+.

This is a warning to our young girls who commits

abortions all in the name of boyfriend-girlfriend

relationships.

If you’re a woman with Rh– and your fiance is

Rh+,and you haven’t committed abortion for him

and you don’t want to leave him,then,you need

to take note of the following:

In order to prevent the activation of the

antibodies,doctors would give women in this

category an injection called Rhogam during and

after pregnancy to prevent spontaneous abortion

due to Rhesus factor incompatibility.The

injection is normally administered 28 weeks into

pregnancy,72 hours after delivery,after ectopic

pregnancy,miscarriage or abortion.If the

injection is not administered and the antibodies

are activated,they would never be deactivated

again!

In many African cultures up till today,women

who are so unfortunate to find themselves

having serial spontaneous abortions due to

Rhesus factor incompatibility are considered

witches by some of their people.Some of the

women would accuse their in-laws of being

behind their predicament.

So,if you’re a woman with Rh– ,you need to be

very careful. It might be difficult for you to get a

husband with a Rh– because about 85% of

human beings are Rh+. So, in order not to find

yourself in the aforementioned problem, put all

that have been said at the back of your mind

and go for genetic counselling.If you have a

daughter or a sister with Rh–,counsel them on

Rhesus Factor Incompatibility and the dangers

lying therein.

It should also be noted that a Rh– person(man

or woman) cannot receive blood donation from a

Rh+ person even if they have the same blood

group.The consequence of such blood

transfusion is fatal.It would lead to death as the

blood would clot.This is due to the

incompatibility in their Rhesus factor.

*KNOW YOUR RHESUS FACTOR TODAY!!!