Detection of neonatal jaundice and relationship with (TORCH)‎ infections as a prolonged disease factor in al-Nasiriya Province

Abstract EN

The present study included 180 infants blood samples were collected from Bint-Alhuda hospital at Al-Nasiriya province during a period of October 2016 to March 2017, ninety of them were newborn infants in the first week of their life compliant a severe hyperbilirubinemia, other 90 samples were normal healthy infants as control group.

A questionnaire sheet was filled out for each infant studied which included, age of mother ,Age of gestation, weight of baby , blood group of both mother and her infant, area of residence and medical history then statistically analyzed.Hemoglobin ,packed cell volume (PCV) and level to of total serum bilirubin were measured in all samples studied including jaundice infants.

It was noticed increases in the incidence of jaundice with infants whoseweight less was than 2 Kg and significant differences were documented between urban rural residences of mother with jaundice infants .

It was also noted elevation in the level of TSB among jaundice infants, significant correlation between weight and age of infants studied or age of mother and the level of TSB , HB and PCV of studied infants.

The present study also recorded a relation between maternal blood group and jaundice where it increase with O blood specially Rh(+ve).

In concern with Torch infection ( Toxoplasma, Rubella, Cytomegalovirus and Herpes) and its relation with prolong of jaundice ( staying in hospital loner than 14 days), its show positive results with all samples for this group