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RhoGAM is a medical treatment that has nearly eliminated
the risk of jaundice, hypotonia, and motormental retardation from Rh incompatibility
between a mother and fetus. Rh incompatibility occurs when a woman without
the Rh factor (a protein found on the red blood cells of most people),
conceives a child who has the Rh factor. The mothers Rh negative blood
will react against the Rh positive blood of her fetus and attack it with
antibodies.
The RhoGAM injection halts the mothers immune system
from responding to the Rh positive blood of her child as a foreign threat
and attacking it with antibodies.
The concern over RhoGAM is based on the fact that in
its earlier form it contained thimerosal. Between1968 (when RhoGAM was
first licensed) and April of 2001, RhoGAM contained the thimerosal preservative.
Thimerosal contains ethylmercury and because methylmercury (another mercury
based composition) has been found to cause severe health problems, ethylmercury
is also being scrutinized. Both compositions are known to be neurotoxins.
To date, no conclusive evidence has been found linking ethylmercury to
neurodevelopmental disorders, but the FDA has treated thimerosal with
caution.
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