Physiological Jaundice: A Threat to the Newborns

Obeagu Emmanuel Ifeanyi

Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria

Obeagu Emmanuel Ifeanyi, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria.

Keywords: Newborn; Physiological Jaundice; Bilirubin Level

Abstract

Jaundice is increase in bilirubin level of the blood beyond the normal level. There are two main types of jaundice, the immune jaundice and physiological jaundice. Physiological jaundice occurs most time in the children wards of the hospitals and makes the parents of the newborn to be under tension. Physiological jaundice can be treated with phototherapy and goes spontaneously. This paper is written to enlighten the world on the issue bordering on this type of jaundice to prepare everybody on the best approach of condition when it occurs.

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