Health Risk Light Brown Urine

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Bili lights refer to a type of phototherapy that is used to treat newborn jaundice, a yellow coloring of the skin and eyes related to immature liver function.


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Phototherapy for jaundice


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Phototherapy is performed on infants who have increased levels of bilirubin in the blood. Bilirubin is a yellow pigment that's created in the body during the normal recycling of old red blood cells.

Phototherapy involves the exposure of bare skin to fluorescent light. The...

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