Neonatal jaundice can be divided into physiological and pathological. Physiological jaundice can be treated with general treatment, such as increasing the amount of milk to promote bilirubin discharge, while pathological jaundice usually needs to be treated with light therapy and infusion of albumin and other medications, which are analyzed as follows: 1.
1. General treatment: If the newborn is physiological jaundice, we can increase the amount of milk and water to promote the newborn’s defecation, reduce the level of bilirubin and relieve the symptoms of high jaundice.
2. Phototherapy: If the newborn is pathologically jaundiced with high jaundice value, blue light irradiation is commonly used in clinic, which is safer and more effective, and it is a simple and effective way to reduce the serum unconjugated bilirubin. Combine with the baby’s age, whether there are high-risk factors, and compare with the bilirubin phototherapy table, and then give the blue light irradiation therapy under the guidance of a professional doctor.
3. Medication: If the jaundice of the newborn is severe and the light therapy can not completely remove the jaundice, you can use medication under the guidance of the doctor, including intravenous infusion of albumin, gammaglobulin, or the use of hepatic enzyme inducers, to accelerate the clearance of bilirubin and reduce the symptoms of jaundice.
Newborns with high jaundice should be treated in time, in order to avoid bilirubin entering the brain and causing damage to brain tissue. While lowering jaundice, we should also clarify the original disease that causes jaundice and do the corresponding treatment according to the diagnostic results.