Infant jaundice symptom?

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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. Tell you about the symptoms of jaundice in infants?

Infant jaundice symptom?

Normal full-term infants with physiological jaundice appear jaundice on the second to fourth day after birth, reach the peak on the fourth to fifth day, and disappear within 1 to 2 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.

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.

Time of jaundice: if jaundice occurs within 24 hours after birth, hemolytic disease of the newborn should be considered first, followed by congenital infection such as cytomegalovirus infection; 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; The patients with jaundice after 7 days may have sepsis, neonatal hepatitis, biliary atresia, breast milk jaundice, spherocytosis, etc. 　

matters needing attention

Under normal circumstances, jaundice of newborn infants will subside in about two weeks, and the color will become lighter or gradually return to normal. During this period, you can give your baby more water to accelerate metabolism.