Isibane se-bili sisixhobo sokukhanya esikhanyayo sokuphatha i-jaundice entsha (hyperbiluxinemia). Amanqanaba aphezulu eBilirubhin kunokubangela ukonakala kwengqondo (i-kernictus), ekhokelela kwi-cerebral palsy, i-neuropathy, i-gauropathy, ijonge engaqhelekanga kunye ne-enamel ye-enpoplasia. Unyango lusebenzisa ukukhanya oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka (420-470 NM) eguqula i-bilirubin ibe yimbonakalo enokupheliswa kumchamo kunye neendawo. I-goggles ethambileyo ifakwe emntwaneni ukunciphisa umonakalo wamehlo ukusuka kokukhanya okuphezulu.