When I became a mother, I knew that the appearance of the newborn baby had to go through a series of twists and turns.
● Newborn babies, like crumpled purple walnuts, so ugly that their mothers are disgusted;
● After taking a bath and eating milk, after two days, it slowly has a white and cute little appearance;
● In two or three days, the little baby suddenly turned into a minion, and the yellow was red and yellow!
Although jaundice is common, parents should also pay attention to it.
According to news reports, some time ago, there was a baby in Qinghai, jaundice is serious, belongs to severe hyperbilirubinemia led to bilirubin encephalopathy, need blood exchange treatment, but parents feel that jaundice is very common, did not cause attention, when found that the child is not right, referred to the urban hospital, because the treatment is too late, the child left irreparable sequelae.
Pathological jaundice requires vigilance
Most newborns have a "temporary increase in total bilirubin," traditionally called "neonatal physiological jaundice." Usually resolves within a few weeks, with full-term infants resolving 10-14 days after birth and premature babies delaying resolution until 3-4 weeks.
The yellow stain of physiological jaundice symptoms is generally more pronounced on the face and chest, but the palms of the hands and feet are not yellow. Physiological jaundice is relatively mild and does not have a great impact on children.
However, if jaundice appears early, progresses quickly, or subsides very slowly, and the baby also has a poor response, drowsiness, milk refusal, pumping weakness or choking, increased or decreased muscle tone, etc., it is necessary to be vigilant for the possibility of pathological jaundice.
Compared with physiological jaundice, pathological jaundice is much more serious, if the treatment is not timely, it is easy to have sequelae such as intellectual disability and cerebral palsy, and in severe cases, bilirubin encephalopathy will occur.
Are there any side effects of blue light treatment?
Blue light exposure is a common treatment for jaundice, using blue fluorescent lamps with a wavelength of 425-475 nm. Many parents look at the blue and gloomy light and are very worried: "This light looks so dazzling, there will be no side effects, right?"
In fact, parents do not have to worry too much, clinically will use a variety of ways to avoid the impact of blue light exposure on the baby, generally there are the following kinds -
Due to the potential retinal toxicity of the light, the baby will be equipped with a suitable blindfold during the use of light therapy to avoid damage to the eyes by light;
Prolonged phototherapy may increase the risk of external genital squamous cell carcinoma in baby boys, so during light therapy, diapers will be used to closely cover the baby's perineum;
Inconspicuous dehydration may be increased during light therapy, and the doctor will supplement the fluid according to the baby's condition;
During phototherapy, your baby's body temperature may rise due to thermogenic lamp, and the medical staff will closely monitor your baby's body temperature and choose a cold light source that does not produce heat as much as possible.
According to the traditional blue light treatment, the baby's jaundice needs to be hospitalized for 3-5 days. This is a very long time for families that have just ushered in a new life, especially for mothers, in order to alleviate parental anxiety, reduce the separation time of mother and baby, and ensure breastfeeding.