Jaundice in babies normally subsides in about 10 days and does not affect the body. If jaundice persists, it is mainly due to elevated bilirubin, which may lead to mental impairment, hearing impairment, liver and kidney damage.
1. Intellectual damage: bilirubin is a harmful substance in the body, and the constant elevation of bilirubin will lead to mass necrosis of the central nerve cells of the body, which may lead to mental retardation, dementia, and other neurological encephalopathies in babies.
2. Hearing damage: elevated bilirubin will lead to neurological dysfunction, causing neurological cognitive disorders and irreversible damage to hearing.
3. Liver and kidney damage: elevated bilirubin will lead to abnormal bile excretion, destruction of red blood cells, poor blood return, so it is very easy to cause liver and kidney failure.
Jaundice may also have other effects on the baby, it is recommended to go to the regular hospital in time, with the doctor to improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, to give targeted treatment or treatment.