What is jaundice ,and how is it caused what are the smptons?

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i want to know all about jaundice

Answer 1

Jaundice is yellowing of the skin. It can be caused by liver dysfunction. So if you have yellowing skin, I would definitely see a doctor. If you take a lot of Tylenol or drink a lot of alcohol you can get a temporary form of Hepatitis and that can cause Jaundice, too.

Answer 2

Breast milk jaundice is amazingly uncommon! whether while Dr's are conversing approximately your milk being the situation they're truly pertaining to no longer sufficient BREAST MILK Jaundice! in the experience that your infant is having is having difficulty taking in sufficient milk or your furnish isn't so good yet. this may be the case. to superb the situation you will desire to nurse extra often! the extra milk your infant takes contained in the extra effective. the only reason Dr's nonetheless advise formulation for jaundice is so as that the child will take up extra foodstuff and poop out the biliruben on condition that formulation isn't as truly digested and there is extra to poop out. Nursing extra can do the comparable concern it each so often takes a sprint longer! do no longer enable the Dr bully you into attempting this!! in the event that they tiers are severe yet no longer dangerously severe there is not any would desire to agonize. communicate with a lactation individual on the wellbeing midsection and get some data. Drs now days are too speedy with the formulation. My son develop into jaundiced for the 1st few weeks. because of the shown fact that he did no longer take up sufficient milk from me, he had oral subject concerns that have not long previous away yet. he's the exception to the rule of thumb. I had to pump and supply him milk after each and each feeding.

Answer 3

Many things cause jaundice: hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver, to name a couple. Go to www.webmd.com and look it up. It causes your skin, your eyes and your fingernails to get a yellowish tint. It can be indicative of a severe medical problem.

Answer 4

Jaundice, also known as icterus (attributive adjective: "icteric"), is a yellowing of the skin, sclera (the white of the eyes) and mucous membranes caused by increased levels of bilirubin in the human body (or the body of another red blooded animal). Usually the concentration of bilirubin in the blood must exceed 2–3 mg/dL for the coloration to be easily visible. Jaundice comes from the French word jaune, meaning yellow.


Causes of jaundice
When red blood cells die, the heme in their hemoglobin is converted to bilirubin in the spleen and in the hepatocytes in the liver. The bilirubin is processed by the liver, enters bile and is eventually excreted through feces.

Consequently, there are three different classes of causes for jaundice. Pre-hepatic or hemolytic causes, where too many red blood cells are broken down, hepatic causes where the processing of bilirubin in the liver does not function correctly, and post-hepatic or extrahepatic causes, where the removal of bile is disturbed.


Pre-hepatic
Pre-hepatic (or hemolytic) jaundice is caused by anything which causes an increased rate of hemolysis (breakdown of red blood cells). In tropical countries, malaria can cause jaundice in this manner. Certain genetic diseases, such as sickle cell anemia and glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency can lead to increase red cell lysis and therefore hemolytic jaundice. Defects in bilirubin metabolism also present as jaundice. Jaundice usually comes with high fevers.

The laboratory findings include:

Urine: no bilirubin present, urobilirubin > 2 units (except in infants where gut flora has not developed).
Serum: increased unconjugated bilirubin.
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Hepatic
Hepatic causes include acute hepatitis, hepatotoxicity and alcoholic liver disease, whereby cell necrosis reduces the liver's ability to metabolise and excrete bilirubin leading to a build up in the blood. Less common causes include primary biliary cirrhosis, Gilbert's syndrome (a genetic disorder of bilirubin metabolism which can result in mild jaundice, which is found in about 5% of the population) and metastatic carcinoma. Jaundice seen in the newborn, known as neonatal jaudice, is common, occuring in almost every newborn as hepatic machinery for the conjugation and excretion of bilirubin does not fully mature until approximately two weeks of age.

Laboratory Findings: Urine: bilirubin present, Urobilirubin > 2 units but variable (Except in children)

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Post-hepatic
Post-hepatic (or obstructive) jaundice, also called cholestasis, is caused by an interruption to the drainage of bile in the biliary system. The most common causes are gallstones in the common bile duct, and pancreatic cancer in the head of the pancreas. Other causes include strictures of the common bile duct, ductal carcinoma, pancreatitis and pancreatic pseudocysts. A rare cause of obstructive jaundice is Mirizzi's syndrome.

The presence of pale stools and dark urine suggests an obstructive or post-hepatic cause as normal feces get their colour from bile pigments. Patients sometimes also complain of itching.

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Neonatal jaundice
See Neonatal jaundice for details.
Neonatal jaundice is usually harmless: this condition is often seen in infants around the second day after birth, lasting till day 8 in normal births, or to around day 14 in premature births. Serum bilirubin normally drops to a low level without any intervention required: the jaundice is presumably a consequence of metabolic and physiological adjustments after birth.

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Jaundiced Eye
It was once believed persons suffering from the medical condition jaundice saw everything as yellow. By extension, the jaundiced eye came to mean a prejudiced view, usually rather negative or critical. Alexander Pope, in 'An Essay on Criticism' (1711), wrote: "All seems infected that the infected spy, As all looks yellow to the jaundiced eye." [1]

Answer 5

well the red blood cells break down and are not filtered out by the liver quick enough and the waste product bilirubin builds up and discolors your skin and eyes, it has many causes

Answer 6

IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOUR LIVER, THE SYMPTOMS ARE THAT YOUR BODY STARTS TO TURN YELLOW. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO IGNORE B/C YOU ONLY HAVE ONE LIVER.

Answer 7

OK,this is NOT a board game.... helloooooooo!!!!!!