A member asked:

Hi need advice.my brother baby was born 19..next day they want back to hosp feeling sick...i have a pictures...whole body but yellow arms dark purple.

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Jaundice ..: sounds like baby is 4 days old and yellow collor is symptoms of jaundice . In newborns is very common and dpendds how severe it is . It is measurable by baby blood bilirubin. Many factors can contribute to it. There is a " nomogram" or risk scale doctors folllow to determine a risk of brein damamge form bilirubin. If severe enough that baby require hospitalisation - it is safe place to be .

Answered 3/24/2018

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