Adverse reactions to foods may be in the formal of 'food allergy', food hypersensitivity 'and' food intolerance. Several factors including immunology, mucosal barrier of the gastrointestinal tract, genetic and exposure to allergen play an important role in the pathophysiology of food allergy. Food allergen is protein or glycoprotein or polypeptide with the molecular weight of more than 18,000 d…
A guideline for management of hyperbilirubinemia in the newborns based solely on total/indirect serum bilirubin levels is considered outmoded. And approach to the identification of newborns at risk of bilirubin toxicity due to the increase of unbound bilirubin is proposed. Unbound bilirubin can easily enter the brain and bind to the nerve cells. A peroxidase oxidation method using unbound bilir…