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Babies with jaundice are often treated with phototherapy lamps, which emit blue-green light that alters the bilirubin (yellow substance found naturally in the baby's blood) so that it can be more easily excreted. Sunlight emits light in a similar spectrum.
6 lip 2021 · Given that sunlight is readily available, there is an urgent need to determine if sunlight is safe and effective at treating jaundice in babies in LMIC. Study characteristics We included three clinical trials containing 1103 infants from two countries.
16 sie 2019 · If phototherapy is initiated to infants with cholestatic jaundice, skin reactions may occur both in the form of the so-called “bronze” baby syndrome and in purpuric and bullous rashes [100,...
31 paź 2023 · Jaundice is one of the most common conditions needing medical attention in newborn babies. Jaundice refers to the yellow colouration of the skin and the sclerae (Whites of the eyes) caused by the accumulation of bilirubin in the skin and mucous membranes.
This article describes a pilot project to introduce phototherapy for the management of neonatal jaundice in clinically stable preterm and term infants with haemolytic disease of the newborn using a phototherapy blanket at home.
21 lut 2019 · Ebbesen, F., Madsen, P., Stovring, S., Hundborg, H. & Agati, G. Therapeutic effect of turquoise versus blue light with equal irradiance in preterm infants with jaundice.
Podcast: Sunlight for the prevention and treatment of hyperbilirubinemia in newborns. Some new-born babies will suffer from jaundice and there are several Cochrane reviews of possible ways to prevent or treat it. These were added to in July 2021 with a new review of the effects of sunlight.
