How to judge whether neonatal jaundice subsides

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The birth of a child usually brings a lot of happiness to the family, but if the baby's face and neck are yellow, and has not been back. It's a worrying thing. This is generally suffering from jaundice, if it does not disappear after the second week, parents should pay attention to it, and make a good screening of pathological jaundice or physiological jaundice, the latter is not enough to fear, but if suffering from physiological jaundice, they need to go to the hospital for treatment, because if they do not pay attention, it may lead to cerebral palsy. Let's take a look at the following.

How to judge whether neonatal jaundice subsides

First: for every mother, if the baby suffering from jaundice is certainly very uncomfortable, but also to actively treat. So it is very important to judge whether the jaundice of the baby subsides. Baby's jaundice is not subsided, mainly depends on the color of the skin, of course, the color returned to normal, certainly generally healthy.

Second: generally in the face and chest is more obvious, but the hands and feet are not yellow. Preterm infants may continue into the third week. In addition, during this period, the child's other conditions are normal, no discomfort. Neonatal physiological jaundice is a normal phenomenon, but parents should also pay attention to close observation.

Third: because the skin suffering from jaundice is yellow, we can see it directly with the naked eye. Of course, but also pay attention to the baby's eye knot whether there are abnormal things, whether yellow and so on.

matters needing attention

Children suffering from jaundice, home care is very important. For mothers, should carefully observe the baby's jaundice, severe jaundice in the hospital before treatment. It is important to judge the type of jaundice, because whether it is pathological jaundice is directly related to the direction of future care. There is also a good care about children is not particularly love to sleep, the spirit is not very restless, eyes prone to strabismus. Another is to pay attention to the cleaning of children's buttocks.