Question
Can blood type incompatibility between newborn parents lead to hemolytic disease?
Answer
Hemolytic disease occurs when there is a blood type incompatibility between the mother and the fetus, leading to an immune hemolytic disease where the mother’s antibodies react with the fetus’s red blood cells. In China, the highest incidence of hemolytic disease is due to ABO blood type incompatibility, followed by Rh blood type incompatibility, which is less common but has more severe clinical manifestations than ABO blood type incompatibility.