Symptoms of jaundice

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About 60% of full-term infants and 80% of premature infants will have jaundice. Jaundice can be roughly divided into physiological jaundice and pathological jaundice. So, what causes neonatal jaundice? What symptom can jaundice child appear? What most parents need to know is how to treat and prevent jaundice. In addition, the care of children is also very important. Now tell you about the symptoms of jaundice?

Symptoms of jaundice

1. Physiological jaundice: it starts on the face and neck, and then spreads to other parts of the body. It usually appears on the second to third day of birth, reaches its peak on the fourth to fifth day, and subsides spontaneously after about one week. For newborns with severe symptoms, the yellow stained parts are all over the body, even the vomit is yellow, lasting for at least one week, but the color of stool and urine is normal, and there is no anemia, liver and spleen swelling and other phenomena. From the perspective of incidence, the incidence of physiological jaundice in premature infants is higher than that in normal newborns, and its degree is more serious.

2. Hemolytic jaundice: it is often accompanied by anemia and edema, and the liver and spleen of the newborn will also be enlarged. Infectious jaundice: primary disease, often accompanied by fever and other symptoms. If it is jaundice caused by viral hepatitis, children's appetite will be seriously reduced, and liver function damage.

3. Obstructive jaundice: yellow or green skin, hepatomegaly, sclerosis, dark stool and urine, and gray or white feces similar to clay. The blood gallstone red substance exceeds the standard, there is the possibility of bleeding. Some patients have osteoporosis.

matters needing attention

The newborn was exposed to ultraviolet light. You can choose to receive light on one side or both sides at the same time. During the treatment, the eyes should be covered to avoid damaging the retina, and the genitals and anus should be covered with diapers. Under the action of ultraviolet light, the excess bilirubin in the body will be converted into some water-soluble substances and excreted with urine. This method can reduce the bilirubin content of newborn to 7 mg / L. Or with blanket jaundice treatment instrument (like a blanket) wrapped around the body of the newborn to receive light treatment, can achieve the same effect.