Donated blood could save

THE BLOOD you donate to the
Red Cross could be used :to save
the life of a newborn baby. :
Newborn babies are .transfused
with blood. if they are. suffering
from haemolytic disease of the
.: Newborn. Babies suffering severe
* cases of this disease, may require
several transfusions: However,
‘ since babies require very little

blood, one adult unit: of blood is’

* the equivalent of eight transfusions
for a newborn baby. ao
~« Haemolytic. disease. of “=the
: Mewborn’.can occur when : the
mother’shas RH- blood ‘but “the
baby's "blood is RH+. The RH

factor is an antigen that occurs on

the red blood cells of 85 per. cent,
Ifyou have the an- |

of Canadians.
tigen you are RH 4 of you lack it
“you are RH-,” .
‘Haemolytic: “disease, ‘of the.
“newborn develops if some of the «
baby’s blood enters the mother’s
circulatory system through | the
placenta.. When this happens: the
mother’s blood develops an an-

tibody. that attacks the RH = an--

tigen. This antibody can cross the
placenta and. enter: the baby’s
_-blood stream where it will destroy
the baby’s RH 4. red blood cells. If
this happens the baby may develop

anaemia or jaundice and, in severe
cases, the baby {will die or: be
stillborns

Although the baby ‘may carry
the destructive antibody, the an-
tibody can only survive for a short
period of time. Thus, if the baby is |
given enough blood to outlast the
attack by the antibody, : the. an-
tibody will eventually. disappear
and ‘the baby will have a. normal
blood system.

In, addition «to providing the
bloed for. infant transfusions, the

Red Crass: provides free RH-in- ©
vestigative services for pregnant .

women.

Training Courses |

“For ‘registration: and starting dates:.

‘Handsworth

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- Sentinel.
eycove.

- Windsor.

Hillside

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Jues Apr. 19 -

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life | of a

' The following i 144 lid o of upcom-
ing. bisod .denor clinics on the
North Shore: Friday, April 2 from
10 a.m. to 3 Pan, oat Carson

, . Graham Senior Secondary Schoal ,

‘newborn

gym, 2145 Jones Ave., North
Vancouver; Monday and Tuesday.
April 18 and 19 from 2 to & p.m.
at Lions Gate Hospital Medical
Day Centre.

* Remuneration for. room and. beard:
. * Short or long terms aualable :

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