Is there a link between Rh- birth factor and learning disabilities?My brother & I were born b4 treatments.?


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According to http://www.thebirthsource.homestead.com/rh.html, if a mother has been treated with RhoGam during pregnancy (because of the Rh factor), the mercury in this medicine can have neurological effects including autism, OCD, dyslexia, ADHD, and other learning disabilities.

But, according to http://www.rhophylacusa.com/ZLBBPRODUCT/nnn12672pppfaq/detail.htm, the medical condition of Rh negative blood and Rh positive blood mixing (one parent has Rh+; the other has Rh-, so the child's blood has a mixture) can cause hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN). "The newborn can face many serious and sometimes fatal problems due to HDN, including anemia, heart failure, abnormal accumulation of fluid in fetal tissues, liver and spleen enlargement, jaundice, brain damage, neurologic conditions resulting in paralysis, severe back and neck muscle spasms, convulsions, cessation of breathing, LEARNING DISABILITIES, deafness, abnormal twitching, or even death in utero or soon after birth."

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