Saturday, August 9, 2008

obg,virus

hmm..finally our obg[obstetrics and gynaecology] postings[of 6 weeks] will be over today..it was quite a good posting where we learned many things and saw some really good cases...
we had internals on wednesday and my case was a lady[obvious] with a Rh -VE pregnancy[which means her blood grp is O-ve and her husbands is B+ve]...the problem in such pregnancies is that the fetus being Rh+ve[which acquires husbands blood grp-Mendelian principle] triggers a immune reaction in the mother which eventually results in its[fetus] rbc[red blood cell] destruction[similar to what happens in a mismatched blood transfusion] resulting in serious complications like jaundice in the baby...my patient had similar complication which unfortunately resulted in delivery of a dead baby:(...hope next time she conceives a healthy child..:))...
my pc is not working from a few a days due to some worm attck....feel like am in a jail....now at my aunts place and trying to blog here as much as i can:)...



13 comments:

Debasish Patra said...

U kno wat Doc,

I guess, more than half of ur syllabus is on ur blog... hee hee ;)

hope, ur PC is happnin again !

Sahefa said...

I agree with debasish...u write everything and that is what blogging is all about
ATB

Mithrandir said...

hmmm... am facing a similar predicament! my phone was dead for a week with net working like slower than dial-up and 3 days back, the phone guys came and told us there is something wrong with the electrical wiring in our house, so he fixed up the phone temporarily and i was left with no broadband! see what i did next in my blog!

Anonymous said...

Hey

Usually they check for the Rh factors during the first trimester of pregnancy right?
So then, injections can be given which can prevent the RBC destruction ???

I donno! Thats what I leanrt in 11th std !! :D

Your blog rocks! Short and knowledgable posts! Cheers!

Hope you medicate your PC soon doc ! :D :P

Anonymous said...

I am glad you enjoyed it.. I knew you would! I have learned a lil about that!! but hey I am a woman I know everything already right?? LOL!!!

Hope your pc recovers soon!

Ne.

Mysterious Mia said...

oops....yeah i hope too tat next time hers is a normal delivery ;)

fix yru pc when u get the time

Mariposa said...

Hope your PC gets fixed soon!

And yeah, that mismatched thingy is scary...the baby of my friend had a similar case...and his blood had to be switched! Glad he is fine now!

Scribblers Inc said...

daang...you are cheating med colleges of a whole lotta revenue!!:P

Scribblers Inc.

Pavi!!!! said...

Waaaaaaat! seriously??? does this problem hold true if the lady is O +ve as well? pls tell me!

broca's area said...

@ debasish..thanks dude:)

@ sahefa...thanks:))

@ rajeev...try airtel man its reaslly good....

broca's area said...

@ priceless junk..thanks:)

yeah its preventable only if given as early as possible..this lady had an abortion after which she hadnt taken that inj.....no one had advised her:(

@ ne...there is lot to learn:)

@ princess..yeah i will:)...

broca's area said...

@ maripose...ohk!!....:)...

@ scribblers...why dude???:)

@ pavi...yeah it will..it depends on the fathers blood grp...he must be any blood grp -VE...

Pavi!!!! said...

@broca: Just clarifyin..so if the father is any blood group
-Ve..there wont be a problem...

whereas

if the father is any blood grp +ve, there could be probs?