Cirrhosis of the liver and Cholestasis;
Symptoms of Cholestasis, its diagnosis and treatment.
Liver disorder or Cholestasis.
Low levels of albumin tend to indicate a chronic condition,
while it is normal in hepatitis and Cholestasis.
Cholestasis occurs in about 1 out of 1,000 pregnancies but is more common in Swedish and Chilean ethnic groups.
Cholestasis is a Greek word: Chole
means bile, a substance secreted in the liver which helps in digestion of fat and stasis means standing still.
If the neonatal jaundice does not clear up with simple phototherapy, other causes such as biliary atresia,
Progressive familial intrahepatic Cholestasis, bile duct paucity,
Alagille syndrome, alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, and other pediatric liver diseases should be considered.
Increased risk of liver cancer in children can be caused by Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome(associated with hepatoblastoma), familial adenomatous polyposis(associated with hepatoblastoma), low birth weight(associated with hepatoblastoma),
Progressive familial intrahepatic Cholestasis(associated with HCC) and Trisomy 18 associated with hepatoblastoma.