What to do about jaundice

  Jaundice is divided into physiological and pathological, physiological jaundice do not care, pathological jaundice need to see a doctor. It needs to be treated differently.  Physiological jaundice in newborns often appears within 2 to 3 days after birth and reaches its peak in 4 to 6 days, after 7 to 10 days, it will subside on its own. Physiologically jaundiced children will not feel uncomfortable, you can give your child more milk, to ensure that the child can eat and pull the state, can effectively promote the jaundice to subside, some children can also take some probiotics, exposure to sunlight, are conducive to the jaundice to subside.  However, there are several problems that need to be noted here, if a newborn baby is too yellow within a week, it may cause nuclear jaundice and injure the brain, so it is not true that the child’s yellow is normal within a week and can be ignored, if you feel that your legs are yellow, you must consult a doctor in time to measure the value of jaundice, so that the doctor can determine whether medical intervention is needed, such as taking blue light, etc. Sometimes, in order to avoid excessive bilirubin injury to the nervous system Sometimes, blood exchange is also needed to avoid neurological damage. If the jaundice does not subside for more than 14 days in a full-term baby or 28 days in a premature baby, you will need to go to the hospital to find the cause.  In short, jaundice can be normal, but it must not be too high, and if it lasts too long, you also need to see a doctor to find the cause. All parents can do is to make sure that they eat and drink the right amount and that the stools are discharged smoothly, and to closely monitor the degree of jaundice.