The patient was diagnosed with a rare and life-threatening condition that required him to undergo a two-hour surgery. Without ...

Breastfeeding jaundice occurs on the 2nd or 3rd day of life and results from insufficient milk intake due to inadequate production or poor breastfeeding technique. Shorter hospital stays result in ...

Jaundice is a condition that causes the skin and the whites of the eyes to turn yellow. Infant jaundice occurs because the baby's blood contains an excess of bilirubin (bil-ih-ROO-bin), a yellow ...

Bilirubin is the yellow pigment resulting from the natural breakdown of red blood cells, an excess of which causes the yellow tint associated with jaundice. Jaundice occurs when a baby has a high ...

Symptoms included jaundice, diarrhea ... including recent international travel. Overall, the etiology of the current hepatitis cases is still considered unknown and remains under active investigation.