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Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: Jaundice
> Julia --
>
> The Bili light has been around since I've been in nursing (more years than
> you wanna know about). We used to have to tape a little mask over the
> baby's eyes and put them under the light (I think it's UV, neh?) This
> sounds like a more sane system, and Sam doesn't have to be in the hospital
> =+)). Bili lights work very well, and the bilirubin usually returns to
> normal in a few days. Many many babies have this problem -- it's the
> result of all those red blood cells breaking down at once. The baby is
red
> cell rich to get through birth, and then the extra ones start to die off
> and bilirubin is released from the cell breakdown.
>
> I *love* the borg analogy. Make sure you get lots of pictures so you can
> show them to his prom date in sixteen years (a little embarrassment keeps
> the kids loose =+)).
>
What I'd like to know is how UV helps fix the condition
?
xponent
rob
