rhogam help

[Guest guest]

hi

How is everyone?

i need some help. i have done everything stayed on the diet as well as no

fish no tap water no to all these things but i did get the rhogam and i believe

i am having a reaction to it this has happened before with my last pregnancy

but this time i just cant bounce back. i have so many symptoms i feel so bad my

blood pressure is up, i feel sick, headaches, blurred vision, tired and the

list goes on

I have spoke to my doc who of course thinks that is crazy but he ran blood

and everything says I am fine.

any suggestions please

i feel so bad

thanks again i don't know what i would do without you guys

The best thing you can spend on your children is time.

http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/

Think Autism.

Think Cure.

http://www.mercola.com/

[Guest guest]

I would not want to scare you, but no doubt you are aware that Rhogam

is a Human Blood Plasma derivative. On RXLIST.COM, I found this

disconcerting comment about Rhogam:

" This study revealed that Rh-negative donors, of whom an estimated

55-60% had received Rho(D) Immune Globulin (Human) for

pregnancy-related indications, had prevalence and incidence viral

marker rates similar to those of Rh-positive female donors who had not

received Rho(D) Immune Globulin (Human). Even after the fractionation

and virus-filtration steps, there remains a risk of contracting

blood-borne pathogens from a plasma-derived product. "

That last sentence worries me, frankly. The site also lists some side

effects of this treatment:

" Local AE reactions include swelling, induration, redness and mild

pain at the site of injection, and a small number of patients have

noted a slight elevation in temperature. Rarely, these reactions have

been treated with antihistamines or corticosteroids. Systemic

reactions to RhoGAM or MICRhoGAM are extremely rare. There have been

no reported fatalities due to anaphylaxis or any other cause related

to RhoGAM or MICRhoGAM administration.

As with any Rho(D) Immune Globulin (Human), administration to patients

who have received Rh-positive red blood cells may result in signs and

symptoms of a hemolytic reaction, including fever, back pain, nausea

and vomiting, hypo- or hypertension, hemoglobinuria/emia, elevated

bilirubin and creatinine and decreased haptoglobin. "

I am not a doctor, nor do I play one on TV like Sen. Fritz, but if you

continue to have these problems I would suggest that you talk to your

doctor again, or get a 2nd opinion, as you could be having a reaction

to what amounts to extracts of someone else's blood. However, the

good news is that he ran a blood test (as he should have) probably to

rule out elebated bilirubin and creatinine levels, and it came back

OK.

No doubt that your doctor gave this to you because you are RH Negative

and you absolutely had to have this, right?

So, don't panic based just on this information. Panic will not help,

and do note that other info on this same page (see link below) says

that reactions are like 1 in 60,000 persons, which is higher than some

vaccines, but still not real high for a blood product.

See: http://rxlist.com/cgi/generic2/rhogam_ad.htm

Hope this helps.

On Apr 8, 2005 1:42 PM, ummezahid@... <ummezahid@...> wrote:

> hi

> How is everyone?

> i need some help. i have done everything stayed on the diet as well as no

> fish no tap water no to all these things but i did get the rhogam and i

> believe

> i am having a reaction to it this has happened before with my last

> pregnancy

> but this time i just cant bounce back. i have so many symptoms i feel so

> bad my

> blood pressure is up, i feel sick, headaches, blurred vision, tired and the

> list goes on

> I have spoke to my doc who of course thinks that is crazy but he ran blood

> and everything says I am fine.

> any suggestions please

> i feel so bad

> thanks again i don't know what i would do without you guys

>

>

> The best thing you can spend on your children is time.

> http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/

> Think Autism.

> Think Cure.

> http://www.mercola.com/

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Did you get the mercury-free one? (WinRho) Might be worth checking into

acupuncture or cranial sacral therapy as long as the practitioner knows you're

pregnant.

S

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hi <BR>

How is everyone?<BR>

i need some help. i have done everything stayed on the diet  as well as no <BR>

fish no tap water no to all these things but i did get the rhogam and i believe

<BR>

i am having a reaction to it this has happened before with my last pregnancy

<BR>

but this time i just cant bounce back. i have so many symptoms i feel so bad my

<BR>

blood pressure is up, i feel sick, headaches, blurred vision, tired and the <BR>

list goes on <BR>

I have spoke to my doc who of course thinks that is crazy but he ran blood <BR>

and everything says I am fine.<BR>

any suggestions please<BR>

i feel so bad<BR>

thanks again i don't know what i would do without you guys<BR>

<BR>

<BR>

The best thing you can spend on your children is time. <BR>

<a

href= " http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/ " >http://www.nationalautismassoci\

ation.org/</a><BR>

Think Autism.<BR>

Think Cure. <BR>

<a href= " http://www.mercola.com/ " >http://www.mercola.com/</a><BR>

<BR>

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