Hello everyone, the previous article introduced the prevention and mitigation methods of intestinal spasms in young children, hoping to bring help to everyone. Today we explore another disease with a high incidence in young children: neonatal jaundice.
First of all, let's first understand what is neonatal jaundice, medically the jaundice of babies under the age of one month is called neonatal jaundice, the cause of the cause is due to abnormal bilirubin metabolism, causing elevated bilirubin in the blood, the appearance of skin, mucous membranes, pore membrane yellow staining as a feature of the disease.
Newborn baby jaundice is divided into physiological and pathological, and the difference between physiological and pathological is.
The first point: physiological: appears 2-3 days after the baby is born. Pathological: it appears gradually within 24 hours of the baby's birth.
The second point: physiological: the baby's jaundice will peak in 3-5 days, gradually subside in 5-7 days, and no more than 2 weeks at the latest. Premature babies take longer 5-7 days to peak, 7-9 days to resolve completely, and a maximum delay of 3-4 weeks. Pathological: the duration is longer, longer than the physiological time, and the baby's jaundice will deepen and worsen again after the jaundice subsides.
The third point: physiological: the degree is relatively mild, starting from the face, mainly on the head and torso. Pathological: jaundice is spread throughout the body and is heavy in color.
Fourth point: physiological: the baby's mental state is good, the body temperature is normal, the appetite is good, the sleep is good, the weight is gradually increased, and the stool and urine are often colored. Pathological: the baby's mental state is not good, accompanied by fever or body temperature does not rise, loss of appetite, spitting up milk, drowsiness. The color of the stool is abnormal, white, clay color, and the urine is dark yellow and brown.
Prevention methods of jaundice in newborn babies:
The first point: eat less raw cold and spicy foods during pregnancy.
The second point: do a good job of baby care, let the baby maintain a clean and hygienic environment, and bathe the baby to make the baby clean and hygienic.
The third point: after the baby is born, feeding the baby to let the baby discharge the fetus is conducive to preventing the baby's jaundice.
The fourth point: the mother of the second child, the first baby jaundice is serious, you need to go to the hospital to question the doctor, you need to take medicine to prevent.
Special note: If you find that your baby has jaundice, seek medical attention in time.