Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. If left untreated, HIV can lead to the disease AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). Unlike some other viruses, the human body cannot get rid of HIV. That means that once you have HIV, you have it for life.
Infant jaundice is most often caused by an excess of bilirubin. Bilirubin is the waste that remains after hemoglobin (the predominant protein in red blood cells) is released from the breakdown of the red blood cells that carry oxygen throughout the body.
It can be normal for newborn babies to be a little yellow between days 1 and 5 of life. The color usually peaks around day 3 or 4. Breast milk jaundice is likely caused by: Factors in a mother's milk that help a baby absorb bilirubin from the intestine.