What is the normal jaundice index for a one month old baby?

Newborns will have varying degrees of jaundice after birth. Jaundice will make the baby's skin turn yellow and black, and it looks ugly. In daily life, the jaundice of the newborn will gradually fade after about one month, and the baby will become white and beautiful. So what is the normal value of the jaundice index for a one-month-old baby? How to tell whether the child's jaundice has completely faded!

Characteristics of physiological jaundice:

(1) Jaundice appears 2-3 days after birth and gradually worsens, reaching its peak on the 4-6th day. Jaundice gradually subsides starting from the 2nd week.

(2) Jaundice has a certain limit and its color will not be golden yellow. Jaundice is mainly distributed on the face and trunk, while the calves, forearms, hands and soles of the feet often have no obvious jaundice. If blood is drawn to measure bilirubin, it should not exceed 12 mg/dL for full-term infants during the peak period of jaundice, and 15 mg/dL for premature infants.

(3) Physiological jaundice in full-term infants basically disappears by the end of the second week, while jaundice in premature infants generally disappears within the third week.

(4) The child's body temperature is normal, his appetite is good, his weight is gradually increasing, and his stool and urine color are normal.

Neonatal jaundice should be considered pathological jaundice if it has any of the following characteristics:

1. Jaundice occurs too early: Full-term infants develop jaundice within 24 hours after birth, and premature infants develop jaundice within 48 hours after birth

2. Severe jaundice: serum bilirubin exceeds the average value of normal children of the same age, or rises by more than 85.5 μmol/L (5 mg/dl) per day

3. Jaundice progresses rapidly, i.e. deepens a lot within a day;

4. Jaundice lasts for a long time (more than 2 weeks in full-term infants and more than 3 weeks in premature infants) or reappears after jaundice subsides;

The normal jaundice index for one-month-old babies is a concern for many mothers. This is also because they are worried that jaundice will have a great impact on the child's body. Therefore, if the jaundice of the newborn does not subside for a long time, the child should be taken to the hospital for examination in time. This major problem of the child cannot be ignored.