Jaundice in newborns related with an increased risk of autism and developmental disorders in general psychological
High risk of autism among infants with jaundice was more pronounced in children born in Denmark noticed between October and March (late autumn to late winter / early spring). They also reveal that the risk was higher if the mother had already had children.A child with a sense neonatal jaundice in a few days or weeks of his birth, has a higher risk of diagnosis of psychological disorders or the development of other later in life than children who had no neonatal jaundice, researchers article a Danish newspaper, published in Pediatrics. Neonatal jaundice, hyperbilirubinemia, also known as physiological jaundice of the newborn and neonatal refers to the yellowing of the eyes (sclera) and the skin bilirubin (bile pigment). And ’caused by the rupture of red blood cells which release bilirubin in the blood and the child’s immature liver can not metabolize the bilirubin properly. In most cases, neonatal jaundice occurs in the second to fifth day of the child’s life, and gradual.
A mother carrying a first child has different levels of antibodies against a mother who already had children and is pregnant, the authors write. There may also be a difference in access to two health care immediately after birth (between mothers and mothers first time we were children). The researchers write that these two factors require further investigation.
The authors explain that prolonged exposure to high levels of bilirubin can cause developmental problems that can persist for the rest of the child’s life. Many children have some degree of jaundice, which usually disappears within a week of being born.
The researchers collected data on 35 000 newborns had jaundice. Autism was finally diagnosed in 577 of them. 9percent of children ultimately diagnosed with autism had jaundice during their first days of life, compared to 3percent of children without autism.
The authors that their study did not examine the severity of jaundice.
Gestational age, parity and season of birth play an important role in this association.
A Danish woman who has had children out of the hospital much sooner than a mother for the first time, who remains in hospital for three or four days. Perhaps a greater number of children with jaundice of the first child was diagnosed.
Neonatal Jaundice, autism and other disorders of psychological development
