What is xanthochromy?

xanthochromy is a clinical feature that usually testifies to subarachnoid bleeding, a type of bleeding that occurs inside the brain. In patients with xanthochromy, cerebrospinal fluid is a yellowish color because it contains bilirubin, a pigment generated during red blood cell collapse. This can be physically visible in the sample, although techniques such as spectrophotometry are usually used to quantify the results, ensuring that the diagnosis is not omitted and provides information about how much yellow pigment is present in the fluid sample. These laboratory tests can be carried out in the laboratory on the spot or the sample can be sent to another location if the hospital or clinical contract with laboratory services. Trauma during the backbone tap can cause blood to appear in the cerebrospinal fluid, but especially the fluid will be red, not yellow, because the enzymes in the body have not yet had a chance to break blood cells. If the sample is yellowish with xanthochromy, it means that in the backboneThe channel was present long enough to disintegrate into components such as bilirubin.

Laboratory testing has shown that red blood cells can disassemble rapidly, causing bilirubin to appear shortly after the development of bleeding. One thing that the practitioner must consider when the patient requires more backbone taps is that xanthochromy could be the result of bleeding or may be caused by a trauma during the previous backbone tap. The patient's history must be considered in such situations and doctors can also use medical imaging studies to find other symptoms of bleeding along the brain and spinal cord.

The term “xanthochromia” is also used more generally in connection with the yellow discolyna skin patch. They are also caused by blood disintegration and bilirubin release. As many people noticed when watching bruises, the initial blood bearings are blue to red and disappears over timeAnd yellowish brown when the body decomposes blood cells. In the end, Bilirubin will also be kidnapped and expressed by the body. Bilirubin is also a culprit for jaundice, yellowish color of eyes and skin that occurs in people with liver disease whose bodies cannot eliminate yellow pigment.