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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]
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]
Newborn baby immediately after birth, covered in vernix. Vernix caseosa, also known as vernix, is the waxy white substance found coating the skin of newborn human babies. [1] It is produced by dedicated cells and is thought to have some protective roles during fetal development and for a few hours after birth.
A female baby born in Nagpur, India in June 2016 died after two days. She was the first case of harlequin ichthyosis reported in India. [38] [39] [40] Hannah Betts was born with the condition in 1989 in Great Britain, and died in 2022 at 32 years old. [41] Ng Poh Peng was born in 1991 in Singapore. Doctors had not expected her to live past her ...
Skin-to-skin contact (SSC), sometimes also called kangaroo care, is a technique of newborn care where babies are kept chest-to-chest and skin-to-skin with a parent, typically their mother or possibly the father. This means without the shirt or undergarments on the chest of both the baby and parent.
Little Kaiden weighed just 2lb 7oz when he was born, ten weeks early.
In around 10% of cases the baby sheds this layer of skin and has normal skin for the rest of its life. [2] [5] This is known as self-healing collodion baby. The remaining 15% of cases are caused by a variety of diseases involving keratinization disorders. [5] Known causes of collodion baby include ichthyosis vulgaris and trichothiodystrophy. [3]
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