What causes yellow eyes in babies?

The health of the baby is what parents are most concerned about. The child's health can be judged from the child's physical manifestations. For example, yellow color in the baby's eyes is a problem that many parents often encounter. It is also quite typical. Only when we understand the main causes of the disease will we not develop a fear mentality. So, what’s the matter with yellow eyes in babies? Let’s take a closer look at the specific causative factors.

Infant jaundice refers to a disease in which the skin and eyes turn yellow: a disease in which the skin, eyes, and urine of an infant turn yellow after birth. Traditional Chinese medicine calls it fetal jaundice. Neonatal jaundice can be true or false. True jaundice refers to pathological jaundice. Pseudojaundice refers specifically to physiological jaundice in children and does not require treatment. Physiological jaundice usually occurs on the third day after birth.

Jaundice is discovered in children 24 hours after birth and can disappear naturally within 14 days. 50% of normally born children will have physiological jaundice. For premature infants, the incidence of physiological jaundice is higher, usually first seen on the face, neck, and then spread to the chest, abdomen and limbs. The cause of physiological jaundice is related to the metabolism of bilirubin in the child's body after birth.

This is not the case with pathological jaundice, which is caused by various causes. In severe cases, it may endanger the life of children. Neonatal hemolytic disease is the most common jaundice disease, causing anemia, edema, hepatosplenomegaly, and hyperbilirubinemia. It is caused by the incompatibility of blood types between the newborn and the mother, which leads to the destruction of fetal red blood cell aggregation and hemolysis. The most common treatment is exchange transfusion.

The above is an introduction to why babies have yellow eyes. I hope it will be helpful to parents. There are many factors that cause yellow eyes in babies. It may be caused by jaundice. It can be judged based on other symptoms of the child's body. If it is preliminarily confirmed, it is best to go to a regular hospital for systematic treatment in time to avoid a major impact on the child's health.