What symptom can jaundice tall child have?

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Jaundice in children is caused by the accumulation of bilirubin in children's body. The cause of jaundice in children is also more complex. Generally, it is divided into physiological (normal phenomenon, can recover itself.) There is also a pathological, need to go to the hospital for treatment. Pathological jaundice usually occurs earlier, and then occurs within two to four hours after birth. The duration of jaundice is relatively long (term birth is more than two weeks, premature birth is more than four weeks) After this kind of pathological jaundice retreated, still can appear. So what symptom can jaundice tall child have?, Let's get to know each other.

What symptom can jaundice tall child have?

In patients with mild physiological jaundice, the face and neck will turn pale yellow, which may also affect the trunk, and the sclera will turn yellow. After 3 days, it will gradually subside, and the skin of the child will return to normal color within a week. In severe cases, the head turns yellow first and then spreads to the whole body. In addition, the cerebrospinal fluid and vomit of the children can also turn yellow for as long as one week. In some preterm infants, it will last for four weeks, the feces will turn yellow, and there is no bilirubin in the urine.

Once the child continues to jaundice, the skin and sclera and other tissues will become yellow. As the jaundice becomes more and more serious, the urine, tears, sputum and sweat of the child will also become yellow, and only saliva will not change color. At the same time, children will also cause gastrointestinal symptoms, often causing abdominal pain, loss of appetite and diarrhea, nausea and vomiting and other symptoms. After that, the children will continue to suffer from symptoms of bile salinemia, such as pruritus, steatorrhea, night blindness and bradycardia, which will bring serious harm to the health of the children.

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

These are the symptoms of high jaundice. For infants with high jaundice, they are basically treated by light therapy. However, in the process of treatment, we must use a black eye mask to protect the baby's eyes, and anus and perineum and other parts need to be covered with diapers, and other parts of the body must be exposed.