Why do babies have yellow eyes?

Many babies have low immunity to the unfamiliar environment outside. At this time, the baby's body has no resistance and it is easy for them to develop some diseases due to some phenomena. Careful mothers will find that many babies have yellow eyes. In the following article, we will explain what is going on.

The child's sclera is visibly yellow, indicating that the child's jaundice is at least moderate. It is recommended to take the child to see a doctor. Please check your liver function first to distinguish the type and see whether the increase is mainly indirect bilirubin or direct bilirubin, or both. Generally, children's indirect bilirubin is the most common feature at around seven days. If the main symptom is elevated indirect bilirubin, jaundice can be eliminated by blue light irradiation. If necessary, some albumin and jaundice-eliminating drugs such as Yinweihuang injection can be injected. If it is caused by hemolytic disease, it is necessary to find out the exact cause, such as ABO hemolysis, G-6PD deficiency or thalassemia. If the jaundice is severe, blood transfusion therapy may be required. This situation is common in ABO hemolysis, and immunoglobulin blocking antibody treatment should be used if necessary. If hemolysis causes severe anemia, blood transfusion may be required. If it is breast milk jaundice, it is recommended to suspend breastfeeding for 3 days and feed formula instead. If the yellowing of the skin is significantly reduced, it can be confirmed that if the baby continues to breastfeed, most babies will not have jaundice as severe as before, but a few babies will turn yellow again. For these babies, it is recommended to suspend breastfeeding for a longer period of time. They can also bask in the sun every morning and evening to help reduce the jaundice. If the main symptom is elevated direct bilirubin, it depends on whether it is hepatitis, infection, bile duct obstruction, or certain metabolic and genetic diseases. If it is caused by hepatitis or infection, anti-infection treatment is unquestionable; if it is caused by bile duct obstruction, in addition to choleretic treatment, surgical treatment may be required when necessary, such as congenital biliary atresia. If it is caused by metabolic and genetic diseases, you should seek treatment from a specialist. I hope my answer can help you.

From the article, we learned that the baby's eyes are a little yellow. Because the child's eyes appear light yellow or turbid, you should take the child for timely examination to prevent the young baby from suffering from eye diseases and causing harm to the child in the future.