What is neonatal jaundice

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Neonatal jaundice symptoms, is the most worrying thing for parents and friends, in order to help you better understand the disease, the following article analyzes the problem of neonatal jaundice.

What is neonatal jaundice

First of all: in medicine, the jaundice of the newborn within 28 days of birth is called neonatal jaundice. Neonatal jaundice refers to the disease characterized by jaundice of skin, mucous membrane and sclera due to the abnormal metabolism of bilirubin during the neonatal period.

Secondly: physiological jaundice appears in 2-3 days after birth, reaches the peak in 4-6 days, and subsides in 7-10 days. The duration of premature infants is longer. Generally speaking, after jaundice occurs in premature infants, they will show mild symptoms of anorexia, but no other clinical symptoms.

Finally: if jaundice occurs 24 hours after birth, the daily serum bilirubin rise is more than 5 mg / dL or more than 0.5 mg / dl per hour, lasting for a long time, term infants > 2 weeks, premature infants > 4 weeks still do not subside, or even continue to deepen and aggravate, or relapse after subside, or jaundice begins to appear within one week to several weeks after birth, all are pathological jaundice.

matters needing attention

After making clear what is the problem of neonatal jaundice, parents should pay attention to observe the color of the baby's stool during the period of taking care of the baby. If there is a problem with the liver and biliary tract, the stool will turn white, but it will not turn white suddenly, but it will become lighter and lighter. If the body suddenly turns yellow again, you must take the baby to see a doctor.