Jaundice in Newborn

This video that was shared on Instagram by Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, shows how an orphaned mother elephant has given birth to a cute baby elephant named Mambo. The cute baby elephant named Mambo who was born to an orphaned mother. (instagram/@sheldricktrust) Published on Mar 12, 2022 07:20 PM IST By Sohini Sengupta Motherhood is an experience in itself and often showcases itself in the most innocent and loving ways in animals. The videos that show animal mothers showcasing their exact same kind of love that any human would, are always heartwarming and interesting to watch. This video that was shared on Instagram by the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, shows exactly that kind of a bond between an elephant mum and her baby named Mambo. It comes with a beautiful story through a detailed caption, a part of which reads, "(...) Our gentle girl Mutara, whose story has such fraught beginnings, just embarked on this remarkable chapter. She ...

Hepatitis C is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis C virus. The virus is transmitted from person to person through contact with blood. Hepatitis C reinfection can happen when you've received treatment for hepatitis C that cured it or your body cleared the virus on its own, and then you contract the virus again. You can become exposed to the virus by sharing needles when injecting drugs or having sex without a condom or other barrier method. Today, most people contract the virus while sharing needles to inject drugs. The virus can also be transmitted during sex without a condom or other barrier method, especially among HIV-positive men who have sex with men. Chronic hepatitis C infection can damage the liver. Without treatment, it can eventually cause liver scarring known as cirrhosis, liver failure, or liver cancer. Early treatment for people with an initial infection and reinfection can cure hepatitis C and prevent these complications. The main treatment for hepatitis C invo...

Changing infant care to improve newborns' health in India Modifying traditional infant massages led to more weight gain and fewer illnesses among newborns in a Stanford-led community study in India. Author Erin Digitale Published on February 28, 2022 February 28, 2022 Around 30 years ago, a team of public health researchers made trips through northern India and Bangladesh to investigate how families in rural villages cared for new babies. "We saw that mothers and grandmothers were spending a lot of time applying oils onto the skin of newborns," said Gary Darmstadt, MD, now a global health expert at Stanford Medicine. A few times each day, family members were vigorously rubbing infants' skin with mustard oil, sometimes mixed with grains and herbs into an abrasive paste called bukwa. The centuries-old practice, b...

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is an aggressive hematologic disorder involving hyperstimulation of immune responses and severe inflammation. HLH has been well documented in lymphoid cancers and leukemias, but more rarely in solid tumors. The non-specific clinical characteristics of HLH can cause a diagnostic dilemma and delay in proper treatment, resulting in poor outcomes. We present a case of a patient with metastatic renal cell carcinoma who developed unexplained acute liver failure and was later found to have HLH. This case highlights the importance of including this syndrome on the differential diagnosis for acute liver failure of indeterminate cause and cytopenia in the setting of malignancy to facilitate proper timely treatment to improve outcomes and increase odds of survival. Introduction Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is characterized by an aggressive, unregulated, and often life-threatening hyperactivation of immune responses involving histiocyt...

The gallbladder is a digestive organ that connects to the liver on the right side of the abdomen. Its primary function is to store and concentrate bile, a digestive fluid that the liver produces. As a normal part of the digestive process, the gallbladder collapses or contracts after it empties. However, the gallbladder sometimes shrinks because of an underlying condition. There are several possible causes of this, including gallstones. This article explores the symptoms, causes, and treatment of an abnormally collapsed gallbladder. The gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped, muscular organ that sits beneath the liver on the right side of the body. It is part of a system that stores and releases bile, a liquid that the liver produces. Bile is important for: digesting fats reducing cholesterol enabling antimicrobial activity The gallbladder will shrink and expand as part of its normal and healthy functioning. The gallbladder will fill with bile during fasting states, whereas during the dig...

Becoming a parent is one of the most emotional and life-altering events of your life. Making the right decisions about how and what to feed your new baby is crucial. Some parents choose to breastfeed their babies, while others opt to use baby formula. If you decide to formula-feed your baby, you need to know that sometimes these products are recalled due to safety issues.  On February 28, Abbott Nutrition recalled powdered baby formulas after bacterial infections were found in four infants who consumed them. All of the babies were hospitalized, and two of them died. This is in addition to another already-recalled Similac formula and two others, EleCare and Alimentum. These products are sold across the U.S. and exported to other countries. Only powdered baby formula is affected. Liquid infant formula has not been recalled. Powdered Infant Formula Recall The FDA is investigating the contaminated formula, which was manufactured at a single facility in Sturgis, Michigan. All...

Mealtimes with babies are, at best, a sloppy mess. You know before the outset that a high percentage of their food will end up on their face, clothes, the floor and especially all over the high chair. Whether coaxing your baby to try various foods you've spent ages pureeing or chopping or focusing on baby-led feeding, you know that high chair is going to get a ton of mileage. It's important to have one that will rise to the challenge and meet your family's understandably high expectations. The best high chairs grow with your child through various stages, from bottles to solids to sitting through family dinners. They make feeding easier, help contain some of the crumbs and messes and support your little one in an upright position to eat safely. Most parents begin using one for their baby at around six months and then up until two to three years or longer, especially if they've purchased a convertible chair. Translation: You're going to have a long, personal relations...

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Titer tests measure antibodies in your blood. Antibodies are proteins produced by your immune system in response to foreign substances like viruses, bacteria, or chemicals. A hepatitis B titer test specifically looks for antibodies that suggest that you're immune from the hepatitis B virus — either from vaccination or previous exposure to the virus. Keep reading to learn more about hepatitis B titer tests including what they're used for, what the results mean, and what to expect during the test. A hepatitis B titer test measures antibodies in your blood to see if you're immune either due to vaccination or previous infection. Hepatitis B is a viral infection that targets your liver. It can be transmitted by coming into contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person. A person with the virus can also infect their child during birth. Hepatitis B can develop into a chronic (or long-term) infection. Chronic infection occurs when your body can't fight off the virus withi...

Patients with Gilbert's syndrome are born with the condition because of an inherited gene mutation. Clinical Pearl of the Day: Gilbert's Syndrome Gilbert's syndrome is a common, harmless liver condition in which the liver doesn't properly process bilirubin. Insight Bilirubin is produced by the breakdown of red blood cells. Patients with Gilbert's syndrome—also known as constitutional hepatic dysfunction and familial nonhemolytic jaundice—are born with the condition because of an inherited gene mutation. They may not know they have Gilbert's syndrome until it's discovered by accident, such as when a blood test shows elevated bilirubin levels. Symptoms may include illness, eating a very low-calorie diet, dehydration, menstruation, stress, and lack of sleep. Risk factors include being a male and have a family history of the disease. Treatment : This disease does not have a specific treatment and over time the bilirubin levels revert back to normal. Eating hea...

Recently, a third meta-analysis found neonatal jaundice is associated with substantial possible increased autism risk [1-3] - the latest in a series of repeated warnings of possible long-term neurodevelopmental harm from neonatal jaundice/hyperbilirubinemia, hypernatremia/dehydration, and hypoglycemia, all frequent causes of preventable hospitalizations for insufficient milk intake in breastfed neonates [4,5]. According to a large body of evidence, a sizeable minority of breastfed neonates receive inadequate nutrition/hydration [6-9]. Double-digit percentages of mother-infant dyads do not successfully establish breastfeeding within the first week and milk usually takes days to come in; intensive professional lactation support does not change those facts. The problem is particularly pronounced in first-time mothers, who some estimates suggest experience delayed onset of full milk production (lactogenesis II), with 33-44% of such mothers perceiving milk coming in beyond 72 hours postpa...