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Hello everyone,
I hope that this is the best forum to post this topic.
I am studying Rh factors, and I have a few questions about this blood type which aren't answered by my textbooks.
Thank you very much!
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1. My textbook says that "anti-Rh antibodies develop over a two to four month period after the transfusion". So, I am wondering, if person A (having Rh- blood), has just received a transfusion from someone with Rh+ blood, will person A be able to receive transfusion safely after this four month period?
In other words, will the body continue to produce anti-Rh antibodies if there is no particular contingency for which the antibodies are needed?
2. For blood transfusions, must it be from a positive donor to a negative donor? Or will the other way work as well?
I am guessing that it cannot be from - to + because the + will have anti-Rh antibodies which would destroy the negative donor's blood cells?
I hope that this is the best forum to post this topic.
I am studying Rh factors, and I have a few questions about this blood type which aren't answered by my textbooks.
Thank you very much!
---
1. My textbook says that "anti-Rh antibodies develop over a two to four month period after the transfusion". So, I am wondering, if person A (having Rh- blood), has just received a transfusion from someone with Rh+ blood, will person A be able to receive transfusion safely after this four month period?
In other words, will the body continue to produce anti-Rh antibodies if there is no particular contingency for which the antibodies are needed?
2. For blood transfusions, must it be from a positive donor to a negative donor? Or will the other way work as well?
I am guessing that it cannot be from - to + because the + will have anti-Rh antibodies which would destroy the negative donor's blood cells?
