[ANSWER]NRS3900 Neonatal Case Study: Case Study Two – Neonatal Jaundice

Neonatal Jaundice

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Occurring typically within 2-4 days after birth, neonatal jaundice is a condition characterised by yellowish discolouration in the newborn’s skin and sclera (Adoba et al., 2018). Abnormal sleepiness and disinterest in breastfeeding are also common symptoms (Zhang et al., 2017). The condition is attributable to physiologic causes, pathologic factors, as well as other factors such as break milk (Ullah et al., 2016). Of all cases of neonatal jaundice, the vast majority (up to 75%) have a physiologic origin (Ansong-Assoku & Ankola, 2020).

In physiologic jaundice, premature birth is the major risk factor, while in pathologic cases, the condition results from underlying complications that either elevate bilirubin production or reduce is excretion, such as haemolytic disease (Brits et al., 2018).        The yellowish discolouration of the skin and sclera that characterises jaundice is caused by hyperbilirubinemia (Ullah et al., 2016). Bilirubin is a yellowish pigment that naturally results from the breakdown of red blood cells in the spleen (Brits et al., 2018). This process is critical to the body’s excretion of waste that stem from damaged or red blood cells. When red…[Buy Full Answer for Just USD 9: 1815 WORDS]

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