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Classification and diagnosis of the underlying disease of hyperbilirubinemia are crucial for prescription of treatment. [6] Physical examination reviews clinical symptoms like degree of jaundice, vital signs and sensations of pain, further followed by urine tests, blood analysis and imaging.
Symptoms: Usually none, still, abdominal pain, nausea, tired and weak feeling, slight jaundice may present [1] Complications: Usually none [1] Causes: Genetic [1] Differential diagnosis: Crigler–Najjar syndrome, Rotor syndrome, Dubin–Johnson syndrome [2] Treatment: None typically needed [1] Frequency ~5% [3]
Jaundice, also known as icterus, is a yellowish or greenish pigmentation of the skin and sclera due to high bilirubin levels. [3] [6] Jaundice in adults is typically a sign indicating the presence of underlying diseases involving abnormal heme metabolism, liver dysfunction, or biliary-tract obstruction. [7]
Rotor syndrome (also known as Rotor type hyperbilirubinemia) [2] is a rare cause of mixed direct (conjugated) and indirect (unconjugated) hyperbilirubinemia, relatively benign, autosomal recessive [3] bilirubin disorder characterized by non-hemolytic jaundice due to the chronic elevation of predominantly conjugated bilirubin.
A study led by Mayo Clinic found a “widening gap between lifespan and healthspan" among 183 countries. The lead researcher and another doctor discuss the drivers of poor health late in life.
Acute liver failure is the appearance of severe complications rapidly after the first signs (such as jaundice) of liver disease, and indicates that the liver has sustained severe damage (loss of function of 80–90% of liver cells).
Diagnosis of hemolytic jaundice is based mainly on visual assessment of the yellowing of the patient's skin and sclera, while the cause of hemolysis must be determined using laboratory tests. [10] Treatment of the condition is specific to the cause of hemolysis , but intense phototherapy and exchange transfusion can be used to help the patient ...
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