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Patient Age: One Week
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Disease Analysis: Neonatal hemolytic disease refers to a condition where the mother and baby have incompatible blood types, causing the mother’s blood type antibodies to pass through the placenta into the baby’s body, leading to the destruction of the baby’s red blood cells. The human blood type system has various types, but neonatal hemolytic disease caused by the ABO and Rh blood type systems is most common. Treatment: For neonatal hemolytic disease, mild cases can be treated with blue light therapy to reduce unconjugated bilirubin; severe cases may require blood transfusion to remove blood type antibodies and sensitized red blood cells from the serum. Lifestyle Care: The key to preventing neonatal hemolytic disease lies in early prevention, such as injecting anti-RH (D) globulin to neutralize the D antigen entering the mother’s body and prevent the production of antibodies.