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July 24, 2008, 8:45 pm
Flag as Inappropriate marley
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Jaundice
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I know this can happen after birth and not getting enough sun light and Vit. D but what else are the causes for it. In children as well as adults if you know. Thanks!
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July 25, 2008, 7:51 am
Flag as Inappropriate Simplyme says...
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There are quite a few different causes for jaundice some of those being: Starvation, Malaria, circulating infections, some meds, cirrhosis, hepatitis. Just to name a few.
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July 25, 2008, 8:05 am
Flag as Inappropriate skatss says...
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If your child is yellowish and the whites of the eyes are yellow, don't chalk it up to a lack of sunlight. It's not a healthy color. Get to a doctor and find out exactly what is wrong.
Even if it is a lack of sunlight or too many carrots, it's still best to get any type of jaundice checked.
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July 25, 2008, 1:50 pm
Flag as Inappropriate marley says...
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Its not my child or anyones, I just wondered for adults and the different reasons behind it. I have looked online and there are a ton, I just wondered if some were more common than others.
The only adult I can think of that ending up getting it was an old teacher of mine from high school and after people noticed he was starting to have the yellow tint to his body (his skin, not just around the eyes and so on), he was diagnosed with cancer.
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July 25, 2008, 4:02 pm
Flag as Inappropriate bubble says...
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Yes, my dad got jaundice at the early stages of his cancer too.
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July 25, 2008, 6:01 pm
Flag as Inappropriate picodoll says...
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My friend's first baby got jaundiced shortly after birth. Doctor said it was excessive hormones in her milk and suggested formula instead. That didn't go so well so she contacted La League La Leche. I don't know what their english name is. They told her just to breast feed more often and it should clear up and it did.
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July 25, 2008, 8:45 pm
Flag as Inappropriate 2Ronnies says...
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It's nothing to do with hormones in the breastmilk! Jaundice of a newborn is caused by the body being unable to deal with the breakdown of red blood cells efficiently. The breakdown releases bilirubin into the blood, and that is the substance that causes the yellowing, and also the substance that sunlight helps break down.
It is excreted in poop, it's the stuff that makes our poop brown. So you up the baby's feeding schedule, nurse more often, the baby poops more, bili levels come down.
In older people it's more serious. It means that in some way the liver is being stressed. Dehydration can cause it, as well as the hepatitis viruses that affect the liver. Cysts, tumours and other things can also be an issue.
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