Sometimes, we see some newborn babies find that their skin is relatively yellower than normal babies, why is this? It turned out that the baby had a condition called neonatal jaundice. Neonatal jaundice is the most common question in newborns
title. So what should you do as a parent in the face of neonatal jaundice?
1. What should I do in the face of neonatal jaundice?
Neonatal jaundice usually resolves spontaneously, but can be removed with treatment if needed.
1. Light therapy. Light therapy is an adjunctive therapy that converts excess bilirubin from a newborn's body into a simpler substance that is excreted through the baby's urine by using fluorescent lamps.
2. Blood exchange therapy. If an infant has pathological jaundice and does not have a cure for a long time, the infant will need blood exchange therapy to treat the neonatal jaundice. Blood exchange therapy, as the name suggests, is a reduction in the amount of bilirubin in a baby's blood through blood exchange. However, this type of therapy requires certain conditions and may produce some adverse reactions, increasing the burden on the baby. Therefore, the use of transfusion therapy for neonatal jaundice is generally not recommended.
Second, what should I pay attention to in newborn jaundice?
1. Pay attention to distinguish whether the baby suffers from physiological jaundice or pathological jaundice. Neonatal jaundice is physiological and pathological, if the baby has physiological neonatal jaundice, parents do not have to be nervous, this is only temporary jaundice, after the child is born 7 to 10 days later, this disease will gradually subside. If there is a long time or there is a recurrence or even aggravation of the disease, then the child suffers from pathological jaundice. At this time, parents need to take the baby to the hospital in time.
2. Pay attention to observe the child's mental condition. Newborn jaundice will affect the child's mental state, if the child has jaundice, the mental state is getting worse and worse, then the parents should take the child to the hospital as soon as possible to avoid aggravation.
It can be seen that parents who have just upgraded to parents need to pay more attention to the health problems of their newborns. When encountering their own children with neonatal jaundice, parents do not have to be nervous, and can take subtle care of the child according to the doctor's instructions, so that the child's condition can be avoided and the child's recovery can be promoted earlier.