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Hyperbilirubinemia is an increase in bilirubin levels in infants. When the baby’s body to replace red blood cells and other body tissues with a new one, then the disposal of this process will usually be removed by the liver / liver. Bilirubin is one result of such disposal.
Background The occurrence of hyperbilirubinemia

When your baby is still in the womb (still in the form of a fetus), then the task of removing bilirubin from the blood of fetuses carried by the placenta. Heart / liver of the fetus does not have to waste bilirubin.

When your baby is born, the task is immediately taken over by a liver / her liver. Because his liver is not used to it, then do not be surprised if it turns out it can take weeks for adjustments.
During your baby’s liver to work hard to eliminate bilirubin from the blood, of course, the remaining amount of bilirubin will continue to accumulate in the body. Since bilirubin is yellow, so if there are huge numbers, he can “stain” the skin and other body tissues which is owned by your baby.

When will hyperbilirubinemia Become Dangerous?
For low or medium levels of bilirubin, a result that happens is your baby’s skin color change to yellow. While high levels of bilirubin can be dangerous, because he could get into the baby’s brain cells and cause damage.

To prevent this from happening, it is wise to continue to control the baby’s bilirubin level is affected by hyperbilirubinemia.

What Can You Do?
At the level of accumulation of bilirubin is low, you can simply give more water intake for your baby and give phototherapy (or usually by soaking in the hot sun in the morning).
On the accumulation of bilirubin level was very high, it may take a blood transfusion, to “swap” the baby’s blood containing high bilirubin with the blood of adults with low levels of bilirubin.
Usually this condition hyperbilirubinemia were more common in premature babies, but usually can be overcome only by increasing water intake and phototherapy.

Before you start giving solids (Food Assistance BMS) on your baby, it’s important to know about allergies that may occur in infants to food.

Rule 4 Day Wait Period

This rule is particularly important if you or your family have allergies to certain foods. “Rule 4 Day Wait Period” is an easy way to check for food allergies. How do I? Basically, you should introduce one new food at a time and wait until 4 days before introducing the next new food.

For example, if you want to introduce your baby to an avocado on Monday, then you should you wait until Thursday to introduce the next new food.

With this sepert way, you can know better whether your baby has an allergic reaction to certain foods or not. In addition, if it turns out negative reaction from your baby, this way will be able to distinguish whether it is an allergic reaction or problems in pencernaanya. Usually an allergic reaction will occur in the first 24 hours, while the digestive problems arising from the new food will look after more than 1 day 1 night.

Well, once you introduce some type of food with “Rule 4 Day Wait Period”, you can just try menkombinasikan some food for your baby recipe. Once again, these preventive measures such as good run if you or your family has a “history” of food allergies.

Know also the difference between food allergies with the body’s reaction to food.

8 Foods That Cause 90% of Cases Incidence of Food Allergies

1. Milk

2. Eggs

3. Peanuts

4. Tree nut (walnut, cashew, etc.)

5. Fish

6. Scallop

7. Soybean

8. Wheat

For milk, eggs, soy and wheat, there could be more adult baby, allergic reactions to food will be lost.

Symptoms of Food Allergies

To find out whether your baby has allergies to certain foods, so here are some symptoms that you should be aware:

- Diarrhea that occurs suddenly
- Vomiting which occurred suddenly
- Skin rash issue
- Runny nose
- It’s hard to breathe after eating a new food
- Dizziness
- Face, lips or tongue swells
- Throat feels narrows

Just recently we talked about the requirements you must meet a pacifier conveniently to suit the needs of your child. Among our recommendations, you were saying that you’re hiding the component bisphenol A, which involves high risks for child health. Today we tell you what it is and why it is so dangerous. The bisphenol or BPA is more prevalent than we think and there is no legislation to control it. Typically used for pacifiers and bottles, but also in common plastics and cans. In the case of bottles, BPA is contained in the polycarbonate with which they are made.

However, the risk manifests itself only when we heat the bottle. Climbing the temperature of polycarbonate, the particles of Bisphenol A follows, adhering to food and going, therefore, the baby’s body. There are bottles and pacifiers market that do not contain BPA, so do not worry. One of the best alternatives is the crystal, the most reliable material. However many times we reject the obvious risk of breakage. Currently you can find in specialty stores around the plastic protectors without chemicals. They are very useful because they prevent the glass from breaking, are removable and can be washed in the dishwasher.

Protective glass bottles

Returning to bisphenol in Spain have already begun to undertake studies to begin to launch hypotheses about the effects and risks of this chemical component. In an article published in the journal XLSemanal recording the statements of the expert Angel Nadal, director of the Unit of Cellular Physiology and Nutrition of the Institute of Bioengineering, University Miguel Hernández de Elche (Alicante). Nadal has more than ten years experimenting with the effects of bisphenol on animals and now expands the range of hypotheses to humans. Among the risks observed in rats and mice blunts the imbalance evident in the endocrine system.

But there’s more. Nadal aims to BPA affects development hormones, can stimulate precocious puberty. On the other hand, there are adverse effects related to fertility, the adipocytes or fat cells … and even precancerous changes in cells or behavioral changes. These studies are still being tested, but better safe than sorry, your child away from any chemical that can lead to health risks. And it may be appropriate for us adults, we should be careful with the BPA in plastics and cans.

Your child will need to use braces in the case in which the bones are to be correct or misplaced teeth in order to achieve an aligned teeth. This is not to say that all children should take to achieve the smiles of notice, but only those in need. And he who decides when to use orthodontics is the dentist or orthodontist for children. If you are interested in preventing possible problems in the growth of the teeth or jaw, it is important that you take your child from three years to an orthodontist. Anyway, after the age of seven years, the child must begin to pass annual reviews at the hands of a dentist.

Clearly, going to the dentist commands respect to almost all kids, but as long as is necessary to diagnose potential problems at an early stage of growth and avoid greater problems when she’s older. Although your child’s teeth from being correct and beautiful, the orthodontist can detect complications not seen with the naked eye, such as overbite or jaw problems. Your doctor may recommend one or another type of device, depending on each particular case. Roughly, we can establish two different devices, the detachable (removable) and braces or brackets.

As in the case of removable appliances is used when the child is in a growth phase to correct bone defects progressively. For example, when you have a problem of narrow palate. They are usually used at night and the time the child is at home. He thinks that the longer you use, the faster it will solve the problem. The price of a device of this type is usually around 1500 euros, regardless of previous treatment or after the appliance.

The infantile form of Refsum’s disease is a disorder that affects peroxisome, appears with retinitis pigmentosa and peripheral neuropathy. It belongs to the group of peroxisomal disorders, a subgroup of leucodistróficas diseases. This disorder is extremely rare, with a prevalence of 1 in 20,000,000. The infantile form of Refsum syndrome differs from the adult form because of its clinical and its etiology, in fact, presents a great similarity to the Zellweger syndrome. The clinical signs are already at birth, often with retinitis pigmentosa usually leading to blindness and severe hearing impairment. Other symptoms may include: cerebellar ataxia, nystagmus, hypotonia, growth retardation, intellectual deficit, a slight facial dysmorphism, osteoporosis, liver enlargement and hypercholesterolemia. This autosomal recessive disease caused by abnormalities in the biogenesis of peroxisomes, generates an elevation of plasma levels of phytanic acid, pristanic acid, pipecolic acid and fatty acids of very long chain (VLCFA). This disorder affects various enzymes. Deficiency and impaired function of peroxisomes suggest that the infantile form of Refsum disease is caused by a mutation in one gene PEX1, PEX2 or PEX6K. The products of these genes contribute to the formation of peroxisomes and their maintenance. The prognosis of patients has improved markedly since the discovery of the benefits of maintaining a diet restricted consumption of foods rich in phytanic acid (such as dairy products, beef, lamb or fish blue). Some children need regular plasmapheresis. Life expectancy can reach 20 years or more, but the infantile form of Refsum syndrome remains lethal in the short term.