Neonatal jaundice value of 20mg/dl is high, which belongs to pathological jaundice and needs medical intervention such as blue light, medication or blood exchange therapy.
There are many possibilities of pathological jaundice, such as contaminated amniotic fluid at birth, infectious factors, hypoxia, etc.; if the mother is blood type O and the baby is blood type A, B, or AB, or hemolysis caused by RH blood group incompatibility; the baby’s own diseases, such as biliary atresia, inborn metabolic diseases, etc., can lead to high jaundice after birth.
Symptomatic treatment measures for jaundice can be illuminated with blue light, oral anti-yellowing medication, and in severe cases, blood exchange therapy is needed. Then according to the cause of treatment, if it is infection, need to anti-infection treatment; if it is hemolysis, need to use drugs to block hemolysis, commonly used is static injection of human immunoglobulin; if it is surgical disease or metabolic disease, need to specialize in further surgery or drug treatment.
Neonatal jaundice value of 20mg/dl, need to consult the doctor, active treatment, so as not to delay the disease. All of the above medications should be used under the supervision of a doctor.