If I was born with jaundice....?

Hi!

You will be fine. Babies that are born "jaudice" does not necessary mean that they have liver problems. The yellowish was cause by pigment Bilirubin that is naturally present in the us( babies). And Bilirubin in high content can cause jaundice or the yellowish color for the baby. The cure is simple for that. The babies are placed in Bili-Lights and right now almost all babies are placed under bili lights. or exposed to morning sunlight to remove the bilirubin pigment.

Your liver as grown up is functioning well. You are already dead if it weren't functioning normal.

It can and have the capability to breakdown everything that is to be broken down. Yes, again as a normal liver as same as the one who weren't born yellowish.

Take care of your liver. Don't drink alcoholic beverages too much. It can damage your liver. Not just for you but the rest of us as well. Born jaundiced or not.

Btw, jaundice can be a sign of Hepatitis infection. But if the cause of your jaundice is not hepatitis you will be fine.

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If I was born with jaundice....?

What does that mean now?

Does my liver function normally?

Can I break down fats and alcohol like someone who WASN'T born jaundiced?

Is there something I should be doing/stuff I shouldn't be doing?

You are fine now. When babies are born sometimes their liver can't filter the way it is supposed to right from birth, and they become jaundiced. Quite a few babies are born with it, and it goes away within weeks if not days of birth, usually with exposure to light.

Adults can become jaundiced as well, it turns your skin yellow and the whites of their eyes will yellow since their liver isn't filtering correctly. This is most common in people with Hepatitis or Severe Liver Disease, and not caused from being born with it.

Even though you had it when you were born, you're fine now. No worries.

It all depends what caused the jaundice at your birth...one of my 3 sons had jaundice as a newborn but it was treated in hospital and he has never had any other problems related to it...they said his was caused possibly by a fast birth and the extensive bruising he suffered when being born.

Newborns often have jaundice since once the lungs become funtional, fewer red blood cells are needed for oxygen transport, so excessive numbers must be broken down by the liver (hemolysis) and excreted from the body. In the process, yellow pigment from the iron in each cell may be released in the blood and will produce jaundice if enough accumulates. It is a temporary condition called physiologic jaundice that doesn't affect you later in life.

Being born with jaundice doesn't do anything to your health now. It was only a problem when you were a baby. Don't worry about it. You are fine.