Methods to reduce jaundice in newborns

  Many newborns have jaundice, most of which is physiological, and there are ways parents can help their newborns get rid of it as soon as possible. For example, you can sunbathe, take oral medication, and give your baby plenty of plain water to get rid of it.  The blue and green light contained in the sun is very effective in treating jaundice in babies, so sunbathing is one of the most direct and common ways to get rid of jaundice. Since your baby’s skin is still delicate, you can sunbathe through glass to avoid damage from the sun’s ultraviolet rays, and keep changing your baby’s position when sunbathing to ensure that every part of the body can be exposed to the sun. When sunbathing, pay attention to protecting your baby’s eyes and external genitalia. It is best to put an eye shield on your baby to reduce the stimulation of bright light on the eyes. Severe jaundice requires specialized blue light treatment or even blood exchange therapy.  In addition to sunlight, you can also give your baby medicine to reduce jaundice, for example, you can take gardenia yellow oral liquid, this drug is very good for the treatment of baby jaundice, take the method and dosage must be strictly in accordance with medical advice to take. Gardenia jasminoides can significantly reduce jaundice.  In addition, you can also give your baby to drink more water to help the body bilirubin quickly removed. If the baby’s jaundice does not fade away obviously after treatment by these methods, it should be considered pathological jaundice and caused by serious jaundice to go to the hospital in time through blue light irradiation or blood exchange treatment, the effect of ordinary sunlight and gardenia jasminoides is not good.