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Neonatal jaundice is a yellowish discoloration of the white part of the eyes and skin in a newborn baby due to high bilirubin levels. [1] Other symptoms may include excess sleepiness or poor feeding. [1] Complications may include seizures, cerebral palsy, or kernicterus. [1] In most of cases there is no specific underlying physiologic disorder. [2]
The prevalence of jaundice in adults is rare, while jaundice in babies is common, with an estimated 80% affected during their first week of life. [8] The most commonly associated symptoms of jaundice are itchiness, [2] pale feces, and dark urine. [4]
Physiologic jaundice can be a benign condition that presents in newborns until two weeks of life. [2] However, jaundice that continues after two weeks requires follow up with measurement of total and conjugated bilirubin. [3] Elevated levels of conjugated bilirubin are never benign and require further evaluation for neonatal cholestasis. [3]
The app could help identify severe cases in low and middle-income countries to prevent complications.
Most neonates with congenital CMV infection will not have any symptoms, but a minority of infected newborns will have symptomatic infection. Common symptoms include rash, microcephaly (small head), low birth weight, jaundice, thrombocytopenia, seizures and retinitis.
Signs and symptoms [ edit ] Infants born with congenital hypothyroidism may show no effects, or may display mild effects that often go unrecognized as a problem: excessive sleeping , reduced interest in nursing , poor muscle tone , low or hoarse cry, infrequent bowel movements, significant jaundice , and low body temperature .
A Michigan couple’s newborn daughter died after they ignored a midwife’s warning that the baby’s jaundice could lead to brain damage or death.
Rainbow Babies: Stars Who Had Children After Miscarriages Read article “She developed a type of jaundice unique to her situation, and we transported [her] to the Children’s Hospital NICU in ...