What should you pay attention to when your baby drinks Yinzhihuang?

The incidence of neonatal jaundice is relatively high, especially in premature babies, where the incidence exceeds 80%. Neonatal jaundice is common between the second and third days after birth. Jaundice in newborn babies is generally mild. Jaundice usually does not cause any discomfort to the baby and basically does not cause any harm to the baby's body. It usually disappears gradually after one to two weeks. If an infant's bilirubin level is high, it may cause serious consequences to the infant if it is not taken seriously. What should you pay attention to when your baby drinks Yinzhihuang? Let's take a look.

1. Preparation

Yinzhihuang oral liquid, blue light, sunbathing, and medicinal bath.

2. How to observe whether the baby has jaundice

Choose a better light source, such as natural light or a bright light in the room, and carefully observe whether your baby's skin has jaundice: gently press your baby's forehead or nose with your fingers. If the skin appears yellow, it means that the child may have jaundice. Jaundice usually starts on the baby's face and spreads to the chest, abdomen, arms and legs. (If the palms and soles of the feet are visibly yellow, seek medical attention immediately.)

3. How to deal with baby jaundice

1. If a baby who is exclusively breastfed develops jaundice, it is breast milk jaundice, which usually appears 4 to 7 days after birth and may last for several weeks. Mothers need to increase the number of times they breastfeed their babies every day. More feedings can promote the baby's bowel movements, which will help the baby excrete bilirubin faster. In other words, the more the baby bowels, the faster the jaundice will subside.

2. If it is summer, if conditions permit, take your baby out to bask in the sun more often, avoid direct sunlight, and stay under the shade of trees. Remember to cover your baby's eyes and give your baby water in time.

(Note: Sunbathing through glass is ineffective), this is also the best way to remove jaundice.

3. If the baby's jaundice index is measured between 8 and 13 mg/dl when seeing a doctor, you can take Yinzhihuang oral liquid to accelerate the baby's bilirubin excretion. (Because Yinzhihuang oral liquid has a laxative effect, the baby's bowel movements will increase, and the color will be yellow-green because bile meridian hormones are excreted.)

4. If the baby's bilirubin reaches 15mg/dl or above, medical attention should be sought promptly and blue light treatment should be given. Through photochemical action, bilirubin can be converted into structural metabolism that does not harm the brain. (The baby of Junbao's friend was in Beijing Maternity and Infant Hospital because of jaundice and the bilirubin level reached 20mg/dl.)

4. Precautions

Jaundice lasts for more than two weeks in formula-fed babies and more than three weeks in breastfed babies. This is all due to jaundice lasting too long, which often indicates that the baby may have other problems and needs to seek medical attention promptly. If your baby's skin is golden yellow or the jaundice has spread to your baby's chest, trunk, arms or legs, these situations mean that your baby's jaundice is more serious. The baby has jaundice in the whites of his eyes.