Symptoms of jaundice in infants
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Many newborn babies will appear jaundice, the first time when the mother is very anxious, the newborn baby jaundice is not very well understood, then, what are the symptoms of neonatal jaundice, here to introduce.
Symptoms of jaundice in infants
Jaundice makes the baby's blood, mucous membrane and skin yellow. Because the skin pressure on the face is small, the face turns yellow first, then the trunk, and finally the hands and feet. After aging, red blood cells in human blood will produce some wastes through metabolism. One of the wastes, bilirubin, will be discharged from the body by the liver; If because of hepatobiliary system diseases caused by abnormal discharge, or excessive destruction of red blood cells, it will accumulate in the body, resulting in jaundice. Medical Dictionary jaundice index is the concentration of bilirubin. The jaundice index is 12 mg / dl, which means there is 12 mg bilirubin in the blood of 100 C.C.
Normal full-term infants with physiological jaundice appear jaundice on the second to fourth day after birth, reach the peak on the fourth to fifth day, and disappear within 1 to 2 weeks, while premature infants last for a long time; The average jaundice index was 11-12 mg. Physiological jaundice is due to the baby's liver function is not yet mature, can not decompose the discharge of bilirubin, and some of the bilirubin has been discharged into the intestine and absorbed into the blood by the baby's intestine, resulting in jaundice.
Pathological jaundice 1. Blood diseases such as ABO blood group incompatibility, Rh blood group incompatibility, congenital hemolytic disease, etc. 2. Liver diseases such as congenital biliary atresia, congenital hepatitis, etc. 3. Infection leads to the decrease of liver function. 4. The production process leads to neonatal scalp congestion.
matters needing attention
Under normal circumstances, jaundice of newborn infants will subside in about two weeks, and the color will become lighter or gradually return to normal. During this period, you can give your baby more water to accelerate metabolism.
