Mexicoâs âgasolinazoâ sends consumers to U.S. pumps. The driver of a pickup with Sonora plates and window graffiti protesting the gas price hike in Mexico fuels up Thursday morning at the Circle K in downtown Nogales, Ariz.
The result: Pigment builds up in the baby's blood and his skin takes on the yellowish cast of jaundice. This type of jaundice, called physiologic jaundice, usually appears on a baby's second or third day of life and disappears on its own within two weeks.
Facts about Jaundice and Kernicterus. Jaundice is the yellow color seen in the skin of many newborns. Jaundice happens when a chemical called bilirubin builds up in the babyâs blood. During pregnancy, the motherâs liver removes bilirubin for the baby, but after birth the babyâs liver must remove the bilirubin. In some babies, the liver might not be developed enough to efficiently get rid of bilirubin.