An infant with a 4-day jaundice index of 17 mg/dL does not necessarily need to be hospitalized. Mild symptoms can be treated on an outpatient basis, while severe cases need to be considered for hospitalization.
1. outpatient treatment: if the infant jaundice index 17mg/dL, but the mental state, breastfeeding, urination and defecation and so on the situation is normal, can give the blue light irradiation to reduce the yellow, oral such as gardenia granules and so on the biliary yellow medicine symptomatic treatment, and timely recheck the value of jaundice.
2. Hospitalization: if the baby jaundice index 17mg/dL, with spirit poor, eat milk poorly, jaundice index daily rise more than 5mg/dl, then need to hospitalization, at the same time perfect related examination to clarify the cause of disease, give symptomatic treatment.
In addition, if jaundice rises again after outpatient treatment or persists, hospitalization is also needed to improve liver function, hemolysis test, liver and gallbladder ultrasound and other relevant examinations to clarify the condition and provide symptomatic treatment.
Infants with jaundice index of 17mg/dL are advised to seek timely medical treatment and choose the treatment under the guidance of the doctor to avoid adverse consequences.