posts related to: liver disease

Sick toddler

Childhood liver disease

When Sharon McBride’s baby was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a form of liver disease, she was stunned to discover that there is very little awareness of the disease, which is in fact more common than childhood leukaemia. Every day in the UK at least two children are diagnosed with liver disease, a condition which is always lifelong and often…

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Yellow Alert - Jaundice in babies

Jaundice Awareness for a newborn baby

CLDF’s Yellow Alert prolonged jaundice awareness campaign promotes the early diagnosis and appropriate referral of liver disease in newly born infants. It’s vital that liver disease is identified and treated as early as possible. Yellow Alert raises awareness of the action which should be taken if a baby has prolonged jaundice, both amongst new parents / parents to be and…

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Children's Liver Disease Foundation

Nappy know-how could save babies

Parents need to be on the look-out for the signs of potentially life-threatening liver diseases when changing their baby’s nappy, a national children’s charity urges today. Delays in spotting these signs and getting early treatment can lead to the need for a liver transplant at a young age and could ultimately cost them their baby’s life. The…

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