Jaundice

Short characteristic of a disease

Jaundice is the consequence of diseases of a liver and other bodies which is shown in coloring of skin, mucous membranes and scleras in yellow color because of deposits in them a bilious pigment – bilirubin. In a normality this pigment is almost completely removed outside together with contents of the alimentary system, but at sick people bilirubin collects in an organism and testifies to problems with bilious ways, a liver and other vital systems. In some cases jaundice at children and adults is shown as a result of abnormally intensive process of an erythrocytolysis or after reception of some medicines. There is a wish to notice at once that if jaundice is diagnosed for the person, treatment is based on establishment of its reason and elimination of a basic disease, but not the investigation which discoloration of an integument and mucous is.

Jaundice origins

• high-quality and malignancies in a liver;
• hereditary anomalies of bilious ways;
• postoperative complications;
• diseases of a liver and gall bladder;
• activity of some parasitic microbes;
• effects of reception of separate groups of medicines.

No matter, for what reason you had symptoms of jaundice. The main thing the fact that this pathology leads to disturbance of work of all systems of an organism. In particular it touches a liver and kidneys.

Jaundice – symptoms of a disease and a clinical picture

In medical practice it is accepted to allocate several types of jaundice. Respectively, disease strongly depends on a form of a disease, age of the patient and some other important factors.

Mechanical jaundice is a consequence of disturbance of normal outflow of bile and problems with bilirubin absorption. Are its reasons: cholelithiasis, tumors of bilious channels, mechanical injuries of a gall bladder. Skin at this form gets not a yellowish, but greenish shade, at the patient the skin itch is pronounced, by kcal it is, as a rule, decoloured.

Jaundice of newborns – is provoked by a lack of enzyme and shown in the first days of life of the child. It is subdivided into two types. The first is characterized by sharp increase in content of bilirubin in blood, coloring of skin, scleras and mucous in bright yellow color, and also the separate signs testimonial of damage of the central nervous system. Jaundice of newborns of the II type is expressed in easy yellowness of an integument and will well respond to treatment.

Hepatic (true) jaundice – is shown both under the influence of hereditary factors, and after infectious or toxic injuries of a liver. In particular, symptoms of jaundice arise at toxicosis, acute infectious diseases, organism intoxication. The itch is expressed poorly, skin and mucous are painted in saffron-yellow-yellow, is more rare in reddish color. Urine of the patient gets dark coloring, is decoloured by kcal. At severe forms of a disease the liver failure develops.

Hemolitic jaundice – a consequence of the strengthened hemolysis of erythrocytes which, in turn, leads to intensive release of bilirubin. If hemolitic jaundice is diagnosed for the patient, symptoms have all symptoms of poisoning with snake poison, the streptocides, arsenous hydrogen and other substances influencing hemolysis of erythrocytes. Exacerbations of a disease take place when overcooling an organism and new intoxications. At children the hemolitic jaundice of newborns developing because of a Rhesus factor - conflict pregnancy is often shown.

Jaundice – treatment of a disease

The correct method of controlling with jaundice is based on early detection of a cause of illness. For this purpose to the patient the general blood test and a biopsy of a liver is appointed. Now in more detail about the main techniques of treatment.

The phototherapy – is successfully applied at jaundice at newborns. The procedure consists in the room of the child under a fluorescent lamp. As a rule, there is enough 1-2 days of therapy during which the liver manages to ripen independently to process bilirubin. The phototherapy is inefficient at an atresia of bilious passes. In this case surgical intervention is necessary.

Treatment of jaundice by medicamentous methods is based on reception of gepaprotektor which number treat Siliborum, Sireparum, Silibininum and some other drugs. Along with them to the patient antispasmodics – ремидон, a papaverine, Nospanum, Dibazolum are appointed.

If at the patient obturatsionny jaundice is observed, treatment is impossible without surgical intervention as medicamentous therapy does not result in due effect. The type of operation depends on the reason which caused the wrong outflow of bile.

As you can see, actually there is a lot of methods of treatment of jaundice therefore do not self-medicate and at the first symptoms of a disease address specialists of district clinic who will appoint necessary analyses and will choose the most adequate treatment.