Some time ago, a daughter who was born just 6 days ago, developed severe brain damage due to infection with neonatal jaundice and eventually failed to be resuscitated and passed away. Neonatal jaundice is a very common phenomenon, and it is known that about 50-60% of full-term babies and 80% of premature babies develop jaundice. Although common, improper care can be fatal to the baby.
Jaundice refers to a phenomenon in which the bilirubin in the baby’s blood is very high, making the baby’s skin yellow. The more common types of jaundice in newborns are physiological jaundice and pathological jaundice.
(Milder) physiological jaundice: jaundice usually appears gradually 2-3 days after birth, slowly worsens and reaches a peak in 4-7 days, after which it gradually and automatically subsides, usually without other adverse effects.
(More severe) pathological jaundice: Jaundice occurs within 24 hours after birth. Jaundice persists or even deepens after 2-3 weeks of life. It can cause permanent sequelae. For example, such as: mental retardation, hearing impairment, deafness, cerebral palsy, etc.
Babies with jaundice, mothers should not listen to some heard that the effect of jaundice is very good “native methods” to reduce the baby’s jaundice, these jaundice treatment methods are misconceptions, the recovery of jaundice for babies is not beneficial.
Jaundice treatment common misconceptions, parents should avoid
Misconception one: the use of gardenia yellow to the baby to reduce the yellow
In the international field of neonatal science, there is no scientific evidence of jaundice reduction with gardenia jasminoides; and gardenia jasminoides also has no exact description that can reduce bilirubin to achieve the role of jaundice reduction. In addition, Dr. Zhang Silai also advised parents not to use the oral solution of Gardenia jasminoides to reduce jaundice for children, for the following reasons.
1, affect the newborn’s digestive tract function, appear nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other adverse reactions.
2, easy to prompt the intestinal micro-ecological balance imbalance.
3, its drug description proposed: adverse reactions are still unclear, drug contraindications are still unclear.
4.Injury of gardenia yellow had led to the death of one newborn baby, and several babies had adverse reactions.
5, easy to induce the onset of sericea disease baby.
Myth two: feeding more water and glucose water, more urination can reduce yellow
In the United States pediatric guidelines above has been clearly pointed out that feeding water, drinking glucose is very much not recommended, his harm than good. Because.
1, bilirubin in the body is mainly through the stool excretion, through the urine excretion is very little.
2. Drinking more plain water and glucose water will distend your baby’s tummy and reduce the amount of milk he eats, which will reduce the amount of bilirubin excreted through the stool, which will not help the jaundice to subside.
Misconception 3: Sunlight will be able to subside the yellow, without other treatment
Direct sunlight can help reduce yellowing, but the effect is not ideal because.
1, the amount of blue wavelength light in sunlight is limited.
2, at home it is difficult to bare a large area of skin to receive sunlight.
3, easy to cause ultraviolet burns and cold and flu, so it is not recommended to use this “native” method to jaundice.
In fact, going to the hospital to expose your baby to blue light is the most commonly used and simplest and most effective way. Parents can determine whether their baby should go to the hospital for jaundice based on the following 3 aspects.
1, the duration of jaundice beyond the time of remission (within 14 days for full-term babies and within 4 weeks for premature babies).
2, the baby’s jaundice recedes and re-emerges.
3, the baby’s stool color gradually become white, more and more light, the body color plus yellow, it is necessary to bring to the doctor to see.
Jaundice care tips.
1, diligent breastfeeding to reduce yellow. Early breast milk can promote the early discharge of baby’s fetal stool, stool discharge can reduce the bilirubin in the baby’s body.
2, observe the baby’s mental condition. Pay attention to whether the baby is depressed, drowsy, difficult to suckle or convulsions, so that the early detection of serious cases of children.
3, keep your home well-lit. Although you can not completely rely on sunlight to recede yellow, but the baby shine natural light is beneficial, but also help the baby absorb vitamin D.
4, pay attention to cleanliness. Keep the baby’s skin, umbilicus and buttocks clean to prevent breakage and infection.
Neonatal jaundice is a common physiological process, parents do not need to overstress. Do not listen to the method of reducing yellow without scientific basis, take the baby’s body as an experiment. Just follow the appropriate treatment in a timely manner under the professional guidance of a doctor according to the baby’s jaundice.