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.
After birth, your babyâs liver may not be developed enough to properly remove bilirubin on its own. It can take a few days for your babyâs liver to be able to do this. When a babyâs liver causes jaundice in the first days of life, itâs called physiologic jaundice. This is the most common kind of jaundice in newborns.