What is nuclear jaundice

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Nuclear jaundice is a disease that often occurs in newborn infants. Most of this disease is caused by hemolytic disease of the newborn. If the condition is serious, it may be easily complicated with bilirubin encephalopathy, and it is easy to leave some terrible sequelae, such as mental retardation, hand and foot movement, hearing impairment, convulsion, etc. I've heard of this disease before. Let's talk about it.

What is nuclear jaundice

First of all, in the early stage of nuclear jaundice: jaundice gradually deepens, infants will show symptoms of poor response, drowsiness, weak sucking or refusal of milk, unconjugated bilirubin increase ＞ 256.5umol/l (15mg / dl).

Secondly, in the first stage of nuclearjaundice (warning stage): the needle shape of the infant is the same as that in the early stage of nuclearjaundice, but it will be much more serious than that in the early stage. Unconjugated bilirubin ＞ 427.5umol/l (＞ 25mg / dl).

Finally, in the second stage of nuclear jaundice (spasm): the baby will show the symptoms of groan, scream, gaze, nystagmus, arcus, convulsion, fever, irregular breathing, double inspiration, sobbing breathing, and even DIC. After the rescue in the sequelae period, most of the patients with successful rescue left sequelae.

matters needing attention

Prevention is the key. But now the hospital science and technology is developed, generally in the regular hospital if the baby found neonatal jaundice, will be found in time and get treatment, if it is at home or after home found the above symptoms, should be early to the hospital diagnosis and treatment, can prevent the occurrence of the disease.