jeudi 5 novembre 2015

What causes yellowing of the skin, pallor and treatment





Yellowing of the skin, pallor of skin, jaundice, as many call it used to describe a yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes in adults and children. And occurs due to the accumulation of a substance called bilirubin in the blood and body tissues and is a yellow pigment in red blood cells. Newborns may be are more likely to develop jaundice, but is not a requirement to become children, but people of all ages and also common among older children and adults. May affect yellowing of the skin and lead to other situations, such as cirrhosis, hepatitis, gallstones so if you see any signs of jaundice should seek medical advice immediately
It is a common situations between the baby and often respond well to treatment, although complications rarely seen but serious complications can lead to brain damage. Therefore, the yellowing of the skin from serious symptoms that need immediate professional diagnosis because the most important underlying causes of jaundice and it is necessary to verify the yellowing of the eyes in addition to yellow skin. And one must distinguish between the Orange skin or skin change to any other color.
Symptoms are yellowing of the skin (jaundice) and pallor of the skin:


One of the most important signs of jaundice and a yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes and usually appears between the first and second day after injury, in the first 4 days of birth appear on the child.
And verification of infant jaundice, pressing gently on the child's forehead or nose if the skin yellow when you press it it is likely that the child suffers from yellowing of the skin by a small percentage. And in the absence of jaundice should be the child's skin color slightly lighter than the natural color in one moment. This child must be examined in good lighting, preferably in natural lighting at daytime. And the most common signs at all


Yellowing of the skin and eyes and the inner lining of the body such as the mouth and nose.
Pale stool color.
Dark-colored urine.


When to seek advice from a doctor? You should always seek medical advice immediately if you see any symptoms of the above symptoms are a warning sign that you are experiencing something so you should speak with your doctor as soon as possible.


For children:


Most hospitals have a policy of screening children and identify the presence of larvae. And recommends the American Academy of Pediatrics that must be checked for jaundice within routine medical examinations after birth over 8-12 hours. Usually a child must be checked after the third and seventh day of birth so that bilirubin levels are high and may disappear when children after 72 hours and the scheduling of follow-up. There is a set of tags that may indicate severe jaundice or complications of excess bilirubin and you should contact your doctor:


Child complexion more yellowness.
Abdominal skin, arms, legs yellow.
The whites of the eye of the child appears yellow.
It may be difficult to wake the baby.
Don't see a significantly overweight or suffer from malnutrition.
Screaming child with high tone.
There may be visible signs you can get to know them yourself.
Jaundice lasts more than three weeks.


Types of yellowing and pallor: there are three types of jaundice depended primarily on the attribution of bilirubin in the body:


1. before jaundice hepatitis: glitch occurs before the move bilirubin from the blood to the liver. It may be caused by infection, sickle cell anemia, hemolytic anemia.
Causes:


Malaria: spread of blood-borne infections by the mosquitos.
Sickle cell anemia: genetic disorder of the blood where red blood cells grow abnormally and more common in Britain and Africa.


2. the insistence within liver jaundice: also known as jaundice the liver and is caused by personality disorder occurs within the liver may be caused by cirrhosis of the liver.
Causes:


Glandular fever: viral infection caused by virus abashan bar.
Liver cancer: usually the cancer is rare and incurable.
Hepatitis a immune system: immune system starts attacking the liver.


3. jaundice after liver infections: also known as obstructive jaundice which prevents bile from the gallbladder to the digestive system and because of this gallstone or tumor.


Causes:


Gallstone-obstruction of bile duct system.
Pancreatic cancer.
Cancer of the gallbladder or bile duct cancer.
Inflammation of the pancreas.


Causes of jaundice or yellowing and pallor:


Hyper bilirubin is the main reason behind the jaundice and is responsible for the yellow color to the skin. The liver filters usually have alblibrobine from the bloodstream and often can't babies can't get rid of the excess albilibrobine therefore suffer from jaundice in the second or third day.


And jaundice may occur as a result of a series of cases and diseases that can cause jaundice


Internal bleeding (bleeding).
Infection in the blood of children.
Infection viral or bacterial.
Incompatibility between blood and maternal blood.
Liver failure.
A specific enzyme deficiency.


Risk factors:


Cases of obstructive jaundice is the most common cases in people middle-aged and older people more than young people and could affect the obstructive jaundice on persons of all ages, including children.
Premature birth if the baby is a 38 week baby may be unable to process bilirubin as quickly as possible, as do babies (childbirth). And also result in malnutrition and difficult bowel movement of which do make it difficult to get rid of alblibrobine through the feces.
Bruising during childbirth: happened to newborn bruises during childbirth may lead to a high concentration of albilerbine as a result of broken red blood cells
Blood type: If the maternal blood differs from the blood of the child and the child may receive antibodies cross the placenta.
Breastfeeding: babies who are breastfed, especially those who suffer from the difficulty of nursing or obtain adequate nutrition from breastfeeding are more susceptible larvae. Because of drought or low calorie intake biliousness. Therefore, doctors recommend always breastfeeding to make sure the child gets adequate nutrition.


Complications of this problem: high bilirubin to severe jaundice and severe complications in the absence of treatment thereof

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