Is neonatal jaundice physiological pathological?
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With the development of society and the improvement of people's living standards, many people will have some diseases. So for children jaundice, it is also called neonatal jaundice, it is one of the more common disease types in our daily life, generally speaking, for neonatal jaundice, it can be divided into two types, it is mainly divided into physiological jaundice, and pathological jaundice. When a child gets sick, it can cause some yellow symptoms on the child's skin. Generally speaking, for this kind of symptom, he will slowly retreat according to the growth of age. Let me share with you about how to distinguish physiological and pathological neonatal jaundice!
Is neonatal jaundice physiological pathological?
First: first of all, he now has a lot of newborns will have some jaundice, the symptoms of jaundice are usually divided into two types. So at this time, we can observe the time of jaundice, can identify the type. The jaundice of physiology sex, it is to be able to appear about 3 days in newborn commonly. So for pathological jaundice, she will appear within 24 hours of birth.
Second: then we can observe some degree of neonatal jaundice. Generally speaking, for physiological jaundice, if it is full-term, it should not exceed 12mg. If it is premature, its normal value should not exceed 15mg. If it is pathological, the development of jaundice is very fast, and her face will gradually spread to the trunk and limbs. Can also cause some systemic, and blood bilirubin value more than 12 mg
Third: finally, we can observe the regression time of jaundice, and we can judge that, generally speaking, for the physiological jaundice of full-term infants, she will subside within 17 to 10 days after birth, and it will not exceed two weeks at the latest, so for the physiological jaundice of premature infants, she will subside in 3 to 4 weeks. If it is pathological jaundice, it often subsides more than two weeks, premature infants will be more than three weeks.
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The above is my analysis of these knowledge for you, I hope my knowledge can help you, when the child in neonatal jaundice, we must pay attention to, so in this case, if it is physiological, we can not go to treat it, pay attention to nursing.