Sentences with phrase «kernicterus treatment»
Although this is rare, it is wise to know about kernicterus treatment.
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If your baby develops kernicterus, you should start treatment immediately.
Most cases of jaundice don't require treatment, but if it goes on too long, complications can occur and it can lead to kernicterus.
The goal of treatment is to lower the bilirubin level to prevent the buildup of toxic levels in the baby's brain (a disease called kernicterus).
With monitoring and treatment, the risk of kernicterus or other complications drops to almost none.
In addition to losing her husband to a delayed cancer diagnosis, her son, Cal, now 13, was the victim of lack of treatment for too - high bilirubin levels as a newborn, which resulted in kernicterus, or brain damage from severe jaundice.