The usual treatment for neonatal jaundice is exposing the infant to certain wavelengths of light. The infant wears only a diaper and undergoes the light treatment continuously for several days, even at night. Why can the infant's treatment then be discontinued? because the digestive tract is then large enough to secrete bile because the transition between fetal hemoglobin to adult is complete because the light generates additional RBCs because light treatment stimulates liver growth All of the answers are correct.
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Nurses Need Physiology: Hemoglobin and Genetics 2 stimulates cells in the bone marrow to differentiate into red blood cells, or erythrocytes. Immature red blood cells called reticulocytes are also sometimes released into the blood. Old, worn-out red blood cells are destroyed by macrophages in the spleen. The hemoglobin from these cells is converted to bilirubin, which gives plasma its yellow color. When the amount of oxygen delivered to the small intestine by the blood drops too low, the liver releases the growth factor. The liver excretes bile into the small intestine.
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