What causes high bilirubin in newborns?

Bilirubin is a relatively common hormone substance. It is more common in young children's bodies and its manifestations are relatively obvious. People can measure the health level of young children from the bilirubin content, because the secretion of bilirubin is often closely related to the disease. Let's take a look at why high bilirubin levels in newborns occur. I hope everyone can understand this explanation.

If the baby's bilirubin is greater than 221 (12 mg) for full-term babies and greater than 257 (15 mg) for premature babies, it is called pathological jaundice.

Jaundice in most newborn babies is physiological, harmless to the baby, and is a normal phenomenon of physiological development. Physiological jaundice usually appears three to four days after birth, lasts for several days, and reaches its peak on the fifth day. This type of jaundice does not require treatment and will return to normal in about seven to ten days as the liver matures. For light-weight babies and breast-feeding infants, it will last a few more days. Parents just need to give their babies enough water. Pathological jaundice: most commonly occurs in premature babies, babies who are underweight, and babies with bacterial infections. The baby may have a fever, loss of appetite, crying, etc.

The reasons are:

1. Insufficient feeding in the early stage (low milk intake)

2. Delayed excretion of meconium (still meconium 3 days after birth)

3. The whole body is congested after birth (doctors call it polycythemia)

4. Difficulties during delivery may result in scalp hematoma in the child.

5. The baby is bleeding internally. (such as intracranial hemorrhage, etc.)

6. There is blood type incompatibility between mother and child (the mother is type O blood and the child is non-type O blood)

7. Premature rupture of membranes or intrauterine infection.

Treatment: Hospitalization and cooperation with doctors for treatment, mainly blue light irradiation, and albumin infusion may be required if necessary. The prognosis is generally good, and only delayed treatment leading to bilirubin encephalopathy will leave sequelae.

treat :

If the diagnosis is physiological jaundice, you should drink more water and don't need to worry too much, but you should pay attention to the degree of jaundice every day or go for a follow-up visit. Intentionally sunbathing is not very helpful, and you may accidentally burn your skin or eyes. If it is pathological jaundice, it is usually not a big deal if it is discovered and treated early. When the baby's jaundice is mild to moderate, the doctor will use phototherapy, commonly known as light therapy. In severe cases, the doctor may perform a blood transfusion on the baby to flush out the bilirubin in the baby's body.