Symptoms of jaundice in breast milk

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Breast milk jaundice is also a common disease, breast milk jaundice refers to the special jaundice when breastfeeding, which often appears in term infants, so it is the main group in the neonatal group. The cause of breast milk jaundice is that the content of glucuronidase in the small intestine of the newborn is more, but the higher the activity is, so it causes the increase of intestinal hepatic circulation and leads to the occurrence of the disease. Although it is breast milk, but the disease is not related to the newborn mother. So here to introduce the symptoms of breast milk jaundice.

Symptoms of jaundice in breast milk

The first characteristic of breast-feeding jaundice is that jaundice will appear about 4 to 5 days after breastfeeding. This phenomenon generally lasts for more than half a month. The jaundice phenomenon is that the skin of the newborn will turn yellow, sclera and other tissues will also be yellow stained, but other aspects of the newborn's body are relatively normal for the time being.

The second characteristic of breast milk jaundice is that jaundice will gradually deepen, and then the urine, sputum, tears and sweat of the newborn will also be yellow stained. In addition, pathological jaundice will also have skin, sclera, urine and other yellowing, and the newborn will also have anemia, abnormal body temperature, refusal to eat milk, vomiting and other symptoms, At this time, the newborn will stop drinking breast milk for a few days, and jaundice will gradually subside after a few days.

The third characteristic of breast-feeding jaundice is that after breast milk stops for a few days, the jaundice will be obviously alleviated, and the bilirubin in the body of the newborn will begin to drop rapidly. At this time, we can continue breast-feeding, and the bilirubin in the newborn will slowly return to normal.

matters needing attention

Neonatal care is still very important, in addition, when the newborn is suffering from breast milk jaundice, we must pay attention to the warmth of the newborn, to increase the heat and nutrition for the newborn, which can prevent infection. Also to avoid adding sugar to the newborn, which can reduce bilirubin absorption, can help prevent early-onset breast-feeding jaundice.