Question
How is neonatal hemolytic disease treated?
Answer
Neonatal hemolytic disease is a condition that occurs during the newborn period, primarily due to incompatibility between the mother and baby’s blood types, causing antibodies from the mother to enter the fetus’s body and trigger an immune response against the fetus’s red blood cells. The main principles of treating neonatal hemolytic disease include correcting anemia, preventing heart failure, lowering serum bilirubin levels, and preventing the occurrence of bilirubin encephalopathy.