Is jaundice a yellowing of the skin?
Yellowish staining of the skin is a sign of overt jaundice, and overt jaundice is defined as bilirubin in the serum reaching 34.2 μmol/L or more.In addition to overt jaundice,…
Category: Hemolytic jaundice
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Is jaundice in a newborn child always hemolytic jaundice?
Not so. A large proportion of our newborns develop physiological jaundice after birth, while pathological jaundice also requires identification of the specific cause. Apart from haemolysis, there are many other…
Is jaundice a blood disorder?
Not so. Jaundice is mainly caused by elevated bilirubin in the blood, and there are many other causes of elevated bilirubin in the blood besides haemolysis, such as poor liver…