I believe that many people have recently watched the TV series "Dear Child". At the beginning of the plot, Xiao Lu and Fang Yinuo have been married for many years and welcome Takako. A dispute caused by the child's jaundice ensued, which unfolded fiercely between Yinuo, Xiao Lu, Yue Jie, and mother-in-law.
Creation comes from life, the drama about the problem of neonatal jaundice, I believe that many parents also have the same doubts, or have made the same mistakes in handling, today we will talk about the two issues that everyone is more concerned about.
First, neonatal jaundice, really do not care?
In the play, Yinuo found that the child's skin was yellow and asked the sister-in-law: Is the child jaundice like this, is it okay? Sister-in-law Yue calmly replied: It's okay, just born children are like this.
We often hear that "10 children have 8 yellows", which shows that jaundice is extremely high in newborns, but it does not mean that "all" do not care.
About 50%-60% of term infants and 80% of premature babies have physiological jaundice, and people with hemp generally do not need to worry too much. However, if it is pathological jaundice, the problem is not simple, and in severe cases, it can even cause permanent damage to the brain.
Many mothers often ask how much the jaundice index is normal, how much is physiological jaundice, and how much is pathological jaundice, which cannot be defined by a single value, and is related to the child's daily age or even age, weight, and risk factors.
1. Physiological jaundice
The vast majority of newborns generally begin to develop jaundice 2 to 3 days after birth, usually peaking at 5 to 7 days after birth and then gradually subsiding. Under normal circumstances, jaundice subsides no more than 2 weeks after birth, and premature babies can be delayed until 2 to 4 weeks after birth.
2. Pathological jaundice
Pathological jaundice must be taken seriously, and if there are the following conditions, it is necessary to seek medical treatment in time:
1) Jaundice appears within 24 hours of the baby's birth;
2) Jaundice has not subsided after more than 2 weeks of birth of full-term infants and 4 weeks after birth of premature infants;
3) Re-emergence or exacerbation of jaundice after resolution;
4) The baby is yellow at the same time, accompanied by other symptoms, such as poor spirits, poor feeding, fever, and even convulsions.
Second, pathological jaundice, must I shine blue light?
Pathological jaundice must be diagnosed and treated early, and giving the baby blue light is the preferred treatment plan for most pathological jaundice.
Many parents, like Xiao Lu, will ask what is blue light?
Baby jaundice is caused by an increase in a substance called "bilirubin" in the body.
Phototherapy is a simple, convenient, economical and effective way to reduce serum unbound bilirubin, that is, by transforming bilirubin to produce isomers, so that bilirubin changes from fat-soluble to water-soluble, without the union of the liver, excreted from bile or urine, and blue light is the best light source for artificial irradiation.
In addition, in the case of severe jaundice and hyperbilirubinemia in the baby, it is possible that the doctor will mention one method to you, that is, blood exchange therapy. Through blood transfusion, we replace the sensitive red blood cells and too high bilirubin in the baby's body to avoid brain damage or even life danger.
Blood exchange is an important technique for us to treat the child's pathological jaundice, if necessary, it is recommended that parents decide whether the child needs to undergo blood exchange according to the doctor's advice.
Kangaroo Ma Ma has something to say:
New parents do not have to talk about "jaundice" and discoloration, nor do they see jaundice change and let it develop. Learn to correctly understand neonatal jaundice, do not blindly listen to the opinions of others, follow up regularly according to medical advice, and seek professional judgment and treatment methods, which can help the baby survive this difficulty.