Children’s yolk
Sperm or so-called jaundice is the coloration of the skin and white eyes in yellow, a phenomenon common in newborns occur by fifty to eighty percent, and is not a serious disease, except in rare cases, an increase in the proportion of bilirubin to more than 1.8 mg / dl During the first week of birth.
This substance is caused by the breakage of red and natural blood cells that the liver to be rid of them, but the liver of the newborn child may be not fully developed to have symptoms of yolk, which is more common in children of prematurity, but it is best to see a specialist when the emergence of yolk to confirm the validity Child and the exclusion of diseases causing it.
Treatment of yolk
The physiological yolk that appears in newborns often, does not require intensive treatments, as they will usually disappear within two to three weeks at most, and the child is exposed to indirect sunlight at home, in addition to appropriate nutrition, to alleviate these symptoms Harmful, but doctors prefer to test the levels of bilirubin for the child during this period to make sure they did not reach the disease levels. There are some cases that require treatment when the rate of bilirubin above the limit allowed by the following:
- Phototherapy : The child is placed under special lighting with a specific wavelength, this light changes the shape and structure of the bilirubin molecules so that the body can be excreted in urine and stool.
- Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) : Sperm resulting from the difference of blood type between mother and child, leads to the transmission of antibodies from mother to child, which attacks the blood cells and broken in the baby, giving the immune globulin – one of the blood proteins that reduce the levels of antibodies – Decrease yolk.
- Switch blood : Rarely, when severe yolk does not respond to other treatments, it may need to be replaced by repeated withdrawal of small amounts of blood from the baby and purified of bilirubin and antibodies of the mother, and then returned to the child.
- Treatment of the main cause If the yolk is secondary, it is the result of another disease.
Causes of yolk
Usually the cause of yolk is immature liver cells enough to remove bilirubin from the blood, but there are many other reasons including:
- Sperm is the most common form of neonates, where the child’s liver plays the most important part in the breakdown of bilirubin, called bilirubin, which causes yellowing of the skin with yellow by indirect bilirubin. This type of bilirubin is not easily removed from the child’s body. Indirect to direct bilirubin, to facilitate secretion and disposal, and incomplete maturity of liver cells in addition to the rapid destruction of blood cells lead to the accumulation of indirect bilirubin and deposition under the skin and in the whites of the eyes, causing yellow coloration.
- Incompatibility of the mother’s blood type with the baby’s blood leads to the production of antibodies in the mother that cross the placenta to reach the child, leading to more breakdown of the baby’s cells at birth and more bilirubin generation.
- Some blood diseases that cause rapid blood fractures.
- Hypercylemia: This is a blood disease that produces a lot of red blood cells, which in turn increase the process of breaking blood and thus increase the proportion of bilirubin.
- Vertical blood tumor: It is the blood under the skin of the head of the child during the birth process, especially birth with the help of medical tools such as suction, and thus the body to break this mass of blood and output of large amounts of bilirubin at the same time, the child’s liver can not deal with these quantities adequately.
- Swallowing blood during childbirth, the intestine absorbs the broken blood, and increases the proportion of bilirubin in the blood.
- A mother who suffers from diabetes has more children at risk of developing yolk, because of the many disorders that face this child.
Symptoms of yolk
Symptoms of yolk are very clear, as the skin of the child appears yellow. This is evident in the face, inside the mouth and on the hands, and the higher the level of bilirubin, the more yellow the color area extends to all parts of the body.
- Poor infant feeding and undernourishment.
- Continuous drowsiness and lethargy.
- Crying is a high voice.
- The weakness of the child and the relaxation of his muscles.
- Coloration of urine in dark color.
- The color of the stool is light color.
High bilirubin risk
In order to make sure the doctor is there is a yolk or not, it does a blood analysis, because it is the most accurate analysis that shows the child’s zeros and even if the disease is not serious, but that the child at the beginning of his life should not tolerate any strange symptoms may appear, Because there is a kind of yolk – a rare occurrence for children but very dangerous – leads to a high rate of bilirubin to high levels and if not detected early and treated, they cause damage to the brain and damage part of it, and infect Child with cerebral palsy which results in failure Dora the child’s movement or speech and affect the absorption, may also lead to deafness.