10 Jaundice Symptoms
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Discolored Teeth
Jaundice can cause a child's teeth to appear yellow or green. This rare symptom seems to affect young children and not adults.
The change in tooth color can occur during the baby's development when excess bilirubin is deposited on the tooth enamel during the calcification process. Because this discoloration occurs during the growth of the tooth, it appears to be permanent until the tooth falls out. The levels of bilirubin in the blood are higher than normal .7Suely Falcão de Oliveira Melo, Norma, et al. ‘Green Teeth Resulting from Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia: Report of a Case.’ ScienceDirect.com | Science, Health and Medical Journals, Full Text Articles and Books, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031393914003199
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