Jaundice
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Broader Terms
Related Terms
bile pigment, hemolytic anemia, hyperbilirubinemia, primary sclerosing cholangitis
Scope Note
clinical manifestation of hyperbilirubinemia, consisting of deposition of bile pigments in the skin, resulting in a yellowish staining of the skin and mucous membranes.
Facts
- Jaundice is the yellow color seen in the skin of many newborns.
- Jaundice is very common in newborn babies and usually goes away by itself.
- Physiological (normal) jaundice: occurring in more than 50% of newborns, this jaundice is due to the immaturity of the baby's liver, which leads to a slow processing of bilirubin.
- Jaundice is due to a buildup in the blood of bilirubin, a yellow pigment which comes from the breakdown of old red blood cells.
- Jaundice means the yellow appearance of the skin and whites of the eyes that occurs when the blood contains an excess of the pigment called bilirubin.
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