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If your infant has been diagnosed with or shows signs of HDFN, consider keeping a journal to record their symptoms and ...
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Medical interventions such as intrauterine transfusions and immune therapies may be necessary in pregnant women at risk of early-onset HDFN.
Learn about the treatments currently available for HDFN as well as the only therapy in development for this rare disease.
Courtesy Getty Images After coming home from the NICU, I quickly realized caring for a baby with HDFN was very different from caring for a completely healthy baby. After I brought my daughter home ...
Courtesy Getty Images A traumatic birth experience can leave women feeling helpless, overwhelmed and angry, but healing is possible. The psychological effects of experiencing a high-risk pregnancy or ...
The severity of a case of HDFN was unexpected, demonstrating the need for closer monitoring in similar pregnancies. Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN) can result in severe anemia and ...
A recent study showed one technique for IUTs may lead to better outcomes than others. An IUT involves transfusing red blood cells directly into fetal circulation during pregnancy. Physicians can use ...