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==Overview==
==Overview==
==Natural history== == Prognosis==
==Natural history==  
===Complications===
===Complications===
With high doses of bilirubin (severe hyperbilirubinemia) there can be a complication known as [[kernicterus]].  This is the chief condition that treatment of jaundice is aimed at preventing. The effects of kernicterus range from fever, seizures, and a high-pitched crying to mental retardation. This is due to a staining effect on the [[basal ganglia]] leading to neuronal damage. With aggressive treatment such as exchange transfusion to lower very high bilirubin levels, the neurological effects are almost always transient.
With high doses of bilirubin (severe hyperbilirubinemia) there can be a complication known as [[kernicterus]].  This is the chief condition that treatment of jaundice is aimed at preventing. The effects of kernicterus range from fever, seizures, and a high-pitched crying to mental retardation. This is due to a staining effect on the [[basal ganglia]] leading to neuronal damage. With aggressive treatment such as exchange transfusion to lower very high bilirubin levels, the neurological effects are almost always transient.

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With high doses of bilirubin (severe hyperbilirubinemia) there can be a complication known as kernicterus. This is the chief condition that treatment of jaundice is aimed at preventing. The effects of kernicterus range from fever, seizures, and a high-pitched crying to mental retardation. This is due to a staining effect on the basal ganglia leading to neuronal damage. With aggressive treatment such as exchange transfusion to lower very high bilirubin levels, the neurological effects are almost always transient.


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