Why Do Newborn Babies Get Jaundice?
Learn why jaundiced babies have yellowish skin and eyes for the first few days after they're born and how the ancient Greeks thought birds could help cure the ...
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Many newborn babies can have yellowish skin and eyes when they’re only 2 to 4 days old. It’s a medical condition called jaundice, and it can have lots of different causes. But, usually, their skin reaches its normal tone in just a week or two, after their organs are more developed. So what exactly causes jaundice, and why is it so common in newborn babies? The word “jaundice” actually comes from the French word, jaune, meaning “yellow”. It’s also sometimes known as icterus, which comes from an ancient Greek word that referred to the medical condition and ... "yellow bird." The stories say they thought jaundice could be cured by staring at a yellow bird and magically transferring the color to it. Which... isn’t a thing that works, in case you were wondering. Jau...
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Many newborn babies can have yellowish skin and eyes when they’re only 2 to 4 days old. It’s a medical condition called jaundice, and it can have lots of different causes. But, usually, their skin reaches its normal tone in just a week or two, after their organs are more developed. So what exactly causes jaundice, and why is it so common in newborn babies? The word “jaundice” actually comes from the French word, jaune, meaning “yellow”. It’s also sometimes known as icterus, which comes from an ancient Greek word that referred to the medical condition and ... "yellow bird." The stories say they thought jaundice could be cured by staring at a yellow bird and magically transferring the color to it. Which... isn’t a thing that works, in case you were wondering. Jau...
