Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. If left untreated, HIV can lead to the disease AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). Unlike some other viruses, the human body cannot get rid of HIV. That means that once you have HIV, you have it for life.
Infant jaundice is most often caused by an excess of bilirubin. Bilirubin is the waste that remains after hemoglobin (the predominant protein in red blood cells) is released from the breakdown of the red blood cells that carry oxygen throughout the body.
Diseases or conditions that can cause jaundice include: 1  Internal bleeding (hemorrhage) 2  An infection in your baby's blood (sepsis) 3  Other viral or bacterial infections.  An incompatibility between the mother's blood and the baby's 1  blood. A liver malfunction.  An enzyme 1  deficiency. An abnormality of your baby's red blood cells that causes them to  break.