J Jacquemier’s sign blueness of vaginal lining due to increased blood supply in early pregnancy. jaundice yellow discoloration of skin, sclerotics and mucous membranes, due to excess bile pigments in blood and tissues; may be haemolytic, when bile pigment is derived from haemoglobin of haemolysed red blood cells, or obstructive, when bile pigment is present as constituent of bile. Jaundice in pregnancy is rare but serious; may be due to hyperemesis gravidarum, pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, intrahepatic cholestasis, acute liver atrophy, infective hepatitis, serum hepatitis or drugs. Breast milk j. elevated unconjugated bilirubin in some breastfed babies resulting from presence of steroid in milk that inhibits glucuronyl transferase-conjugating activity. Infectious j. 1. infectious hepatitis. 2. leptospiral jaundice. Physiological j. Only gold members can continue reading. Log In or Register to continue Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Related Related posts: G O W F Stay updated, free articles. Join our Telegram channel Join Tags: Baillieres Midwives Dictionary Jun 18, 2016 | Posted by admin in MIDWIFERY | Comments Off on J Full access? Get Clinical Tree
J Jacquemier’s sign blueness of vaginal lining due to increased blood supply in early pregnancy. jaundice yellow discoloration of skin, sclerotics and mucous membranes, due to excess bile pigments in blood and tissues; may be haemolytic, when bile pigment is derived from haemoglobin of haemolysed red blood cells, or obstructive, when bile pigment is present as constituent of bile. Jaundice in pregnancy is rare but serious; may be due to hyperemesis gravidarum, pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, intrahepatic cholestasis, acute liver atrophy, infective hepatitis, serum hepatitis or drugs. Breast milk j. elevated unconjugated bilirubin in some breastfed babies resulting from presence of steroid in milk that inhibits glucuronyl transferase-conjugating activity. Infectious j. 1. infectious hepatitis. 2. leptospiral jaundice. Physiological j. Only gold members can continue reading. Log In or Register to continue Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Related Related posts: G O W F Stay updated, free articles. Join our Telegram channel Join Tags: Baillieres Midwives Dictionary Jun 18, 2016 | Posted by admin in MIDWIFERY | Comments Off on J Full access? Get Clinical Tree
