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Infant jaundice
A condition in which a new baby turns yellow due to higher levels of bilirubin (a byproduct of the breakdown and recycling of red blood cells) in the body.
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Baby 0-2 | Very common |
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A 32-year old asked:
what are the symptoms of jaundice in an infant?
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Can cardiomyopathy in mother cause severe jaundice and low hemoglobin in 19 day old infant?
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Is there anyway I can help my baby avoid jaundice?
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Can being jaundice as a baby have any effect on you later?
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A 38-year old asked:
My 5days old baby girl is suffering from jaundice, help?
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A 34-year old asked:
If my baby is Asian, how can I tell if he has yellow skin?
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A 49-year old asked:
Can you tell me if you had jaundice as a baby, is your liver bad later in life?
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A 21-year old male asked:
What's the cause of being jaundice in new born baby?
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If a new baby with jaundice went untreated, what would happen?
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A 40-year old female asked:
My baby has mild jaundice is that a bad thing she is 2 weeks old?
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A 32-year old female asked:
My one week old baby has jaundice and his levels are 262, is that high and should I be concerned? His last one was 290
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A 24-year old female asked:
I have Gilbert's syndrome ( mild case), but my baby didnt have any jaundice when he was a newborn. How can this be? I thought it was genetic?
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A 25-year old male asked:
My baby has jaundice TSP high about 200 but now it's about 180. And his GPT is 200. So, my Q whats the normal GPT for newborns? Is it 60 ? Plz ASAP
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A 31-year old asked:
What causes neonatal jaundice in breastfed baby?
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A 28-year old male asked:
My newborn baby have jaundice and his blood test is 250.. What is the borderline for him?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Jaundice on 3rd day bili 16.. Baby put on phototherapy .. How serious it is and long term issues associated with it.. How long can it take to cure .
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A 26-year old female asked:
My baby is 63 days old. Bili level went down from 13 to 4 when does his skin color turn normal? & does jaundice make skin darker when it clears out?
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Will jaundice of the mother affect the health of the baby?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Is it possible to develop gestational diabetes AFTER the gluclose test? I developed the symptoms after and baby was 9lbs 1oz with jaundice.
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A 33-year old male asked:
Got a baby daughter 17days old now. She had neonatal jaundice at 17.9 points. We got her photo therapy for 36 hours and levels came to 12.
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My baby has jaundice and one of the causing factors may be hypothydrosim! We are at the hospital waiting for blood work. What should I do?
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My baby has jaundice and one of the causing factors may be hypothydrosim! We are at the hospital waiting for blood work. What should I do?
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A 32-year old female asked:
My week old baby hasn't pooped in 4 days, he is breastfeeding and is jaundice, but his levels weren't high enough to go under light, should I be worr?
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A 42-year old female asked:
My 8 yr old had jaundice as a baby.his eyes are yellow and he wheezes.should i be concerned about his eyes?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I have a week old baby & the white part of his eyes have a yellow tinge but his pediatrician said he didn't have jaundice could this still be jaundice?
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A 37-year old asked:
What is jaundice?
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What is white jaundice?
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What are the causes of jaundice?
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What are the symptoms of Jaundice?
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How does cannabis affect jaundice?
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