Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia of newborn is causes by all EXCEPT ___________: (A) Criglar-Najjar syndrome, (B) Cretinism, (C) Septicemia, (D) Breast milk jaundice
Answer is C. The common causes of persistant jaundice are extravastated blood,ongoing hemolytic disease,G6PD defeciency,hypothyroisism. Breast milk jaundice :exclusively breast fed babies bave a different pattern of physiological jaundice as compared to aificially fed babies.usually seen by 24-72 hours of age peaks by 5-15 days disappears by third week of life. Ref : ESSENTIAL PEDIATRICS,O.P.GHAI,PG NO:147,149, 7 th edition