Neonatal jaundice symptoms?

summary

Normal term babies, in the first week after birth, 60% will appear jaundice, premature babies have 80% will appear jaundice. Because the baby's liver function is not yet mature, mild jaundice, is a normal phenomenon, but parents still can not ignore, the severity of baby jaundice, and if the duration is too long, may affect the baby's health, we must be vigilant, careful observation. Neonatal jaundice symptoms? Let's talk about it.

Neonatal jaundice symptoms?

The results are as follows: 1. Normal full-term infants with physiological jaundice develop jaundice on the second to fourth day after birth, reach the peak on the fourth to fifth day, and disappear within one to two 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.

2. 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.

3. If jaundice occurs within 24 hours, neonatal hemolysis should be considered first, and then congenital infection such as CMV should be considered; Physiological jaundice was the most common in 2-3 days, and ABO hemolysis should be excluded; Septicemia and breast milk jaundice were more common in 4-7 days; In those with jaundice 7 days later, sepsis, neonatal pneumonia, biliary atresia, breast milk jaundice are all possible.

matters needing attention

Pathological jaundice index is usually greater than 15, must be treated, a little attention may lead to serious results.