What does bronze disease mean?

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The rust of bronze (basic copper chloride) is green powder, loose and expansive, which will spread and spread in bronze like pestilence. It is commonly known as "bronze disease"“ "Bronze disease" is a phenomenon that accelerates the corrosion of bronzes. What does bronze disease mean? Let's talk about it

What does bronze disease mean?

In addition to the bronze color changes of skin, serum and urine after phototherapy, some of them may be accompanied by hemolysis. The "bronze" pigment itself does not cause damage to the nervous system. Whether there is a relationship between bronze disease and nuclear jaundice remains to be clarified.

Liver function test showed that alanine aminotransferase, direct bilirubin and bile acid increased. In some children with hemolysis, the peripheral blood red blood cell count and hemoglobin content decreased, and broken red blood cells and abnormal red blood cells could be seen in the blood smear. Erythroblasts appeared in peripheral blood, mainly late erythroblasts. Reticulocyte increased to more than 5%.

Red blood cell longevity is a reliable index to detect hemolysis. 51Cr, 3p-dfp or diisopropylfluorophosphate are commonly used to label red blood cells, which can reflect the index of red blood cell longevity. This test showed that the life span of red blood cells was shortened, indicating hemolysis.

matters needing attention

Pay attention to timely and reasonable feeding and strengthen nutrition. If you are breastfeeding, please pay attention to strengthen nutrition, eat more lean meat, chicken soup, fish soup and milk and other high protein foods, and eat more vegetables, fruits and other foods rich in vitamins and cellulose, which can improve the child's immunity and benefit the child.