Where does neonatal jaundice return first?

summary

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.

Where does neonatal jaundice return first?

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: physiological neonatal jaundice is generally manifested as: newborn skin appears soon after birth, there is white eyeball and oral mucosa yellowing, of course, there are light and heavy. 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.

Third: during this period, children's other conditions are normal, no discomfort. Neonatal physiological jaundice is a normal phenomenon, but parents should also pay attention to close observation.

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.