If you check your blood group, you're either you're A+, A-, B+, B-, AB+, AB-, O+, or O-. If you have a plus (+) on your own (A+, B+, AB+, O+), it means you have a protein called the Rhesus factor (Rh) on the surface of your red blood cells. So, you're referred to as Rh positive. If yours is negative (A-, B-, AB-, O-), it means you don't have the Rhesus factor. So, you're Rh negative.
When an Rh positive man impregnates an Rh negative woman, her body recognizes the Rh+ antigen as foreign and then produces antibodies to counter it. Let me digress a bit and explain what antigen and antibody mean.
When a woman's body has been previously sensitized to the Rh antigen, the next child might be in trouble. This happens when the father of the previous pregnancy is Rh+, leading to the conception of an Rh+ positive baby.
During the first pregnancy, the Rh-negative woman's immune system may not react immediately, but her body may remember the Rh antigen and produce antibodies if she is exposed to it again in a future pregnancy. This is called sensitization.
If she becomes pregnant again with an Rh-positive baby, her immune system may launch an immune response, producing antibodies that can attack the baby's red blood cells. This has partly led to the death of many children in the past. Some of the babies we call "abiku" were under this category.
For this problem not to happen, women who are Rh- are advised to receive a medication known as Rh immune globulin (RhIg) during pregnancy and after delivery to prevent sensitization and potential complications in future pregnancies.
This is why knowing your blood group before marriage or pregnancy is not just important; it can save your child's life.
The Bible says Bad Company corrupts Good Character. Stop trying to be everywhere on every scene after you’ve changed yourself for the better. You feel weird and out of place because you don’t belong there anymore. You’re bored because God has elevated you to another level +
Being poor takes a lot from you. Imagine not addressing a health issue immediately because there’s no money. And the issue compounds years later, costing you a lot more to fix.
MDCN expects newly foreign trained Doctors to cough out 900k in 3weeks for a so-called 6months hospital attachment before writing their money-making licensing exam that almost killed some of us. That’s totally barbaric! Extortion at its peak! Because we’re foreign trained ?! 🤬
It is so sad to see the MDCN in Nigeria is releasing a Memo which can paralyse medical practice in Nigeria
Foreign trained Doctors are told to pay 900k and above before they can take exams before internship
This doesn't cover accommodation, feeding, etc
This is retrogressive
Your EARS:
DON'T USE ANY OF THESE!
DON'T USE ANY OF THESE!!
DON'T USE ANY OF THESE!!!
If you're so much worried about the earwax,
USE some olive oil
Visit your doctor, at least, once in 2 months
Despite being vaccinated, i still wear my masks everywhere, wash my hands like it's stained and sanitize. I get very weird stares when i'm out and i am the only one wearing a mask, but mehn, i'd rather that than covid. See, that virus is not on break, be cautious!
After my Tweet on Cancer yesterday.. My DMs exploded with questions on how to prevent some Cancers.
Thought to do a thread on 10 commonest cancers and how to reduce your risk. Note some cancers cause is unknown
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A thread
@SaharaReporters This headline is actually misleading and at same time can raise the BP of those at home.
No one is trapped, all Nigerians in SVG are living around the town and very far from the volcano red zone. I spoke with the Nigerian leader in SVG and everyone is safe.