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There seems to be a trend here. I've been doing a ton of research trying to figure out what is wrong with me. It always comes back to my blood. I've had chronic anemia for years without knowing why. I became severely ill 4 years ago at age 46 which brought on menopause. I had the red cheeks/flushing, severe migraines, body aches/stiffness and couldn't figure out why. I haven't been diagnosed with Lupus officiallly but I did have an elevated rheumatoid factor. Everytime I try to think back and ask myself when did things change, I've had alot of problems with pregnancies. Ectopic, miscarriage, amniocentesis, Trisomy 18 fetal demise, cysts. I did finally manage to have 3 healthy daughters (so I thought) but they seem to have problems too. I became really ill about 5 months into my pregnancy with my 2nd daughter and they diagnosed me with Mono, or Epstein Barr Virus, at the time. The last time I felt somewhat normal (I don't know if I've ever been normal) I had a miscarriage in 2003 about 6 weeks in. I woke up with extreme pain in my neck and a migraine-like headache, very stiff and achy all over. I got up and realized I was bleeding and having a miscarriage so I went to the hopsital.
I lost alot of blood and had completely miscarried by the time I got to the hospital. The er physician had examined me and she used something to prod around to make sure there was nothing left behind, but she pulled on something inside that caused me to jerk back and jump a foot off the table in excruciating pain. Pretty sure she almost pulled my cervix or uterus out. I went to ultrasound after that and passed out during it. They had to revive me. I wish I had asked to see an ob/gyne at that point, the er doctor didn't know what she was doing. I overheard the nurse talking to her about giving me a rhogam shot and the dr said I didn't need one because I had already miscarried! Mistake number two! I wish I had not been so naive to trust the opinion of one doctor. I didn't know any better and didn't understand the consequences of that decision. This meant that the baby and I were not rh compatible and even if you've miscarried you're still supposed to get that shot to prevent further complications for yourself and future pregnancies. I didn't know this at the time. I had a D&C later that day. I'm assuming I was given blood during the surgery. I also had a blood transfusion a week or two later after that because I was so anemic. I think I had a reaction to the transfusion because I felt like I had been run over by a truck afterwards. I have never felt the same after that miscarriage. I've read that if you have rhesis disease and you have a transfusion that you can become pretty ill. I went back to work and the first day or two I had to go home because I kept throwing up. I don't remember if that was before or after the transfusion. Anyway, that's my story so far. I believe RH- is definitely involved in auto-immune disorders and not just for the baby. I think if the mother is exposed to incompatible blood products and is not given rhogam, she will develop antibodies and will develop auto-immune disorders. I think there are a lot of people out there that aren't even aware of the rh factor and that they weren't compatible with their mother's blood. Or there's also the unfortunate possibility that a mistake was made and you're given the wrong blood during a transfusion. Symptoms range so much from mild to severe and mimic so many other disorders. Chronic Hemolytic anemia is one tell-tale sign. "Transfusion Reaction: Once a woman has antibodies, she is at high risk for a transfusion reaction.[24] For this reason, she must carry a medical alert card at all times and inform all doctors of her antibody status." Wikipedia
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Your body may be fighting the "D" antigen.
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Children??
Research Mother-child cell transfer.
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There is also research on .......transfer.
Your body may have developed antibodies to the "D" antigen.
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