What symptom is jaundice

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Parents should understand some symptoms of neonatal jaundice, which will help early detection of the disease and will not delay the treatment of children. Now let's introduce the early symptoms of neonatal jaundice.

What symptom is jaundice

First: fever: jaundice with fever is more common in acute cholangitis, but also accompanied by chills, liver abscess, sepsis, leptospirosis have moderate fever, or even high fever; acute viral hepatitis or acute hemolysis often have fever first, and then jaundice.

Second: abdominal pain: jaundice with severe upper abdominal colic or pain, more common in bile duct stones, biliary ascariasis or liver abscess, primary liver cancer, etc., viral hepatitis more performance for the right upper abdominal persistent pain and dull pain; liver abscess or liver cancer can also be manifested as upper abdominal or right upper abdominal pain or pain.

Third: skin pruritus: jaundice with skin pruritus is more common in the liver, external bile duct obstruction (cholestasis) jaundice, such as common bile duct stones, cancer or primary biliary cirrhosis, recurrent jaundice of pregnancy, etc., some patients with hepatocellular jaundice can also be accompanied by skin pruritus, and hemolytic jaundice often without skin pruritus.

matters needing attention

Loss of appetite, upper abdominal fullness, nausea and vomiting: viral hepatitis often accompanied by loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, upper abdominal fullness and other dyspepsia symptoms before jaundice. Jaundice patients should pay attention to rest, keep a good mood, diet should be light.