Jaundice can be detected by using a jaundice tester, irradiating the skin, or by taking blood tests.
Jaundice tester is mainly used for newborn babies, when testing, you need to irradiate the baby’s forehead, cheeks, and chest with the instrument, and take the average of the three positions as the measurement result. Because the skin of newborns is relatively tender, the test results are not easily disturbed by the skin condition, the measurement results are more accurate, and this method has the advantages of being fast and non-invasive, which is widely used in clinical practice.
However, the jaundice tester, can not further analyze the type of bilirubin, if you still need to identify the type of jaundice, you need to fasting blood 2~3 ml test, you can detect the value of conjugated bilirubin and unconjugated bilirubin respectively, to further analyze the type of jaundice.
Once jaundice is detected, one should go to the hospital in time to differentiate the type of jaundice so that further treatment options can be chosen.