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- What is jaundice?
- Symptoms of jaundice
- Causes of jaundice
- Prevention of jaundice
- Risk factors for jaundice
- Complications of jaundice
- When to see a doctor about jaundice
- Diagnosis of jaundice
- Conventional treatment of jaundice
- Alternative/complementary treatment of jaundice
- Living with jaundice
- Caring for someone with jaundice
Caring for someone with jaundice
Partner
If you have a partner with jaundice, there are a number of strategies you can use to help them:
- Avoid alcohol - it is really important for your partner's recovery that they avoid all alcohol while they have jaundice symptoms, to prevent worsening of their condition as the liver cannot handle having to process the alcohol when it is not functioning properly and this overburden will cause symptoms to worsen
- Low fat diet with fresh vegetables and fruit - ensure your home has adequate supply of foods which are low fat (unprocessed) and that there are plenty of vegetables and fruits to eat every day. The antioxidants and other nutrients in the vegetables and fruit are needed by your partner to aid their recovery
- Monitor symptoms - you must make sure you monitor your partner's symptoms, because if their condition starts to worsen, you will be the only one who is at home to identify this and take them to their doctor
- Rest - allow your partner to have adequate rest, to enable them to recover more quickly from the underlying cause of the jaundice
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Friends
If you have a friend with jaundice, there are a number of strategies you can use to help them:
- Avoid alcohol - it is really important for your friend's recovery to avoid all alcohol while they have jaundice symptoms. Their liver is not functioning properly and any alcohol will overburden it and cause worsening of their symptoms, so ensure your social interactions do not involve alcohol
Parents
If you have a child with jaundice, there are a number of strategies you can use to help them:
- Keep baby well hydrated- for babies with elevated bilirubin levels within normally high levels, it is commonplace practice to ensure the baby is well hydrated with regular feedings, either with breast milk or formula if not breast feeding. This enables the baby to have more frequent bowel movements. The body gets rid of excessive bilirubin through the stools, so this is a very effective way to quickly reduce jaundice
- Low fat diet with fresh vegetables and fruit - ensure your home has adequate supply of foods which are low fat (unprocessed) and that there are plenty of vegetables and fruits to eat every day. The antioxidants and other nutrients in the vegetables and fruit are needed by your child to aid their recovery
- Monitor newborns for jaundice - at least 50% of all newborn babies develop some form of jaundice and while this is quite normal in most cases, this is not always the case, especially if it starts after one week of birth. You must take your baby to the hospital if this occurs as it could signify an underlying disorder that needs immediate treatment
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< living with jaundice Last reviewed: 29 January 2009 || Last updated: 21 December 2009
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Disclaimer: This guide is not intended to be used for diagnostic or prescriptive purposes. For any treatment or diagnosis of illness, please see your doctor.
