Pediatric jaundice is usually judged by the symptoms, but it is easy to make a mistake in judgment, and needs to be judged by doing bilirubin and blood tests under the guidance of a doctor.
Pediatric jaundice can be determined in two main ways, bilirubin and blood test. Bilirubin test refers to the use of a bilirubin meter placed on the skin of the child to measure it directly. Blood test is to check the level of bilirubin in the blood. Jaundice can be judged when the concentration of bilirubin in the serum is 17.1 to 34.2 μmol/L (1 to 2 mg/dL).
Pediatric jaundice is due to abnormal bilirubin metabolism, and yellowing of the skin, mucous membranes, and sclera of the eyes due to elevated serum bilirubin values, and is classified into physiologic and pathologic. Physiological pediatric jaundice will subside on its own, while pathological jaundice may be caused by excessive red blood cells, bile excretion disorders and other diseases, and can be treated with light therapy, oral medication or blood exchange.
Generally through the symptoms can only be a preliminary judgment, want to accurately determine the pediatric jaundice also need to do bilirubin and blood tests, remember not through the symptoms of casual judgment, wrong judgment will lead to the disease can not be correctly treated, need to let the doctor through the right way to determine and take targeted measures.