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- What is jaundice?
- Symptoms of jaundice
- Causes of jaundice
- Prevention of jaundice
- Risk factors for jaundice
- Complications of jaundice
- When to see a doctor about jaundice
- Diagnosis of jaundice
- Conventional treatment of jaundice
- Alternative/complementary treatment of jaundice
- Living with jaundice
- Caring for someone with jaundice
Jaundice may be unpreventable in certain circumstances:
- Liver disease - in any type of liver disease the liver cannot properly recycle the bilirubin and it builds up in the body resulting in jaundice as one of the symptoms, which is not easily preventable
- Newborn babies - at least 50% of all newborn babies have some form of jaundice and while this is completely normal (in most cases), it is just not preventable. Premature babies seem to be more affected than full term babies
- Rare, genetic disorders - people with certain rare, genetic disorders have jaundice as a symptom of their disorder and this is not possible to prevent
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There are ways to prevent jaundice from occurring:
- Malaria - there are are a number of strategies that can be used to prevent a malaria infection from occurring, but once infected, jaundice will occur as one of the symptoms
- Q Fever - there are are a number of strategies that can be used to prevent a q fever infection from occurring, but once infected, jaundice will occur as one of the symptoms
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< 3: causes 5: risk factors > Last reviewed: 29 January 2009 || Last updated: 21 December 2009
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Disclaimer: This guide is not intended to be used for diagnostic or prescriptive purposes. For any treatment or diagnosis of illness, please see your doctor.
