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    Biliary atresia is a rare disease in infants where the bile ducts inside and outside the liver are absent, narrowed, or blocked. This prevents bile from draining from the liver. Symptoms like jaundice, dark urine, light-colored stool, and abdominal distention appear between 2 to 8 weeks after birth. The cause is unknown, though some believe it may be related to issues during pregnancy or an autoimmune response. Diagnosis involves blood tests, imaging, and a liver biopsy. The standard treatment is the Kasai procedure to reconnect bile flow from the liver to the intestine. Nutritional support and supplements are also important for managing the condition.

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    Biliary atresia is a rare disease in infants where the bile ducts inside and outside the liver are absent, narrowed, or blocked. This prevents bile from draining from the liver. Symptoms like jaundice, dark urine, light-colored stool, and abdominal distention appear between 2 to 8 weeks after birth. The cause is unknown, though some believe it may be related to issues during pregnancy or an autoimmune response. Diagnosis involves blood tests, imaging, and a liver biopsy. The standard treatment is the Kasai procedure to reconnect bile flow from the liver to the intestine. Nutritional support and supplements are also important for managing the condition.

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    Biliary atresia is a rare disease in infants where the bile ducts inside and outside the liver are absent, narrowed, or blocked. This prevents bile from draining from the liver. Symptoms like jaundice, dark urine, light-colored stool, and abdominal distention appear between 2 to 8 weeks after birth. The cause is unknown, though some believe it may be related to issues during pregnancy or an autoimmune response. Diagnosis involves blood tests, imaging, and a liver biopsy. The standard treatment is the Kasai procedure to reconnect bile flow from the liver to the intestine. Nutritional support and supplements are also important for managing the condition.

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    Biliary atresia is a rare disease in infants where the bile ducts inside and outside the liver are absent, narrowed, or blocked. This prevents bile from draining from the liver. Symptoms like jaundice, dark urine, light-colored stool, and abdominal distention appear between 2 to 8 weeks after birth. The cause is unknown, though some believe it may be related to issues during pregnancy or an autoimmune response. Diagnosis involves blood tests, imaging, and a liver biopsy. The standard treatment is the Kasai procedure to reconnect bile flow from the liver to the intestine. Nutritional support and supplements are also important for managing the condition.

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    BILIARY

    ATRESIA
    Presented By : Fhaye Nicole A. Geñoso

    Southern Luzon State University | 2023


    2
    BILIARY ATRESIA???
    BILIARY ATRESIA
    Bile Obstruction
    Bile ducts Absence of lumen
    Blockage
    Gall bladder
    3
    WHAT?
    Biliary Atresia is a rare and The bile duct are tube in
    chronic disease of the liver the liver that normally
    and bile ducts that become allow bile to drain into
    evident shortly after birth. intestines and kidneys
    where it helps digest fats.
    4

    Larana University | 2024


    5
    CAUSES
    Pregnancy
    Some believes that the problem
    THE EXACT may occur while the liver was
    developing during PREGNANCY
    CAUSE OF THE
    CONDITION IS Auto-immune Mechanism
    Some believes that the bile ducts
    NOT KNOWN. may be damaged by the body’s
    immune system in response to a
    viral infection or toxic substance
    after birth
    SURE!!!
    When the baby has biliary atresia, bile ducts in
    the liver are absent, narrowed, blocked and
    prevents the draining of the bile from the liver
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    SYMPTOMS
    Dark Urine
    Symptoms
    Alcholic Stools
    appear about
    Weight Loss/ Irritability
    2 TO 8 WEEKS
    AFTER BIRTH Jaundice
    Distorted abdomen
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    DIAGNOSIS
    1 BLOOD TEST - to check for liver function abnormalities

    2 IMAGING TEST such as X-rays to look for enlarges liver and spleen or
    abdominal ultrasound

    LIVER BIOPSY - Diagnostic surgery to confirm if an infant has the


    3
    condition
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    TREATMENT
    There are no medication that can unblock the bile ducts or encourage
    the growth of new bile ducts where none were present before.

    KASAI procedure
    Where the damaged ducts outside of the liver are
    removed and the bile flow from the liver to the
    intestine, it is reestablished by joining the two
    directly
    This procedure may not curative
    but it will allow a child with
    biliary atresia live longer and
    have good quality of life.
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    NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTIONS
    1 Providing a child with good, well-balanced diet

    2 Supplementing diet with vitamins

    3 Providing the child with a high-calorie liquid feedings if


    the child is too sick to eat normally.
    THANK YOU!

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