What happens if your baby has high jaundice?

Every newborn will have symptoms of jaundice. There is no need to worry about physiological jaundice, which will disappear in about two weeks and will not have any effect on the baby. However, some babies need medical treatment because of high jaundice. What will happen if the baby has high jaundice? If the jaundice is high, it will lead to bilirubin encephalopathy, the most common phenomenon of which is convulsions in the baby. Parents should take their children to the doctor for examination and treatment in time.

Will the baby feel uncomfortable if he has high jaundice?

If it is physiological jaundice in the newborn, there are generally no special symptoms. If it is pathological jaundice, the jaundice index is relatively high and it is easy to be combined with bilirubin encephalopathy. Convulsions and poor response symptoms may occur, and it should be examined and treated in time. The characteristic of physiological jaundice is that it mostly appears 2-3 days after birth, is most severe at 4-5 days, generally disappears in 7-14 days for full-term infants, and disappears in 3-4 weeks for premature infants.

What to do if your baby has high jaundice

Try to breastfeed as much as possible. Currently, no milk powder can match the composition of breast milk. Breast milk is the best partner for babies. It can also enhance the baby's immunity. Regular and sufficient breastfeeding can enhance the baby's physique and vitality.

Provide your baby with a quiet and comfortable environment to help him fall asleep peacefully. Generally, when a baby is just born, there are many visitors, and many relatives and friends will hold the baby, which will affect the baby's rest. It can easily cause the baby to be irritable and is not conducive to the baby's recovery of physical strength.

If you experience the following symptoms, please go to a women's and children's hospital for treatment immediately. The skin is severely yellow, the baby has a poor appetite (does not like to drink milk), the urine is yellow (the diaper is directly stained yellow), and the baby is listless (crying or crying softly without strength).

Of course, babies with high jaundice will have many abnormal reactions, which mainly occur in newborn babies. It can also be considered a normal physiological phenomenon, but it is more of a manifestation of a disease. Parents should pay special attention to every possible symptom and adopt relevant treatment measures in time to restore jaundice to a normal state and avoid harm to the baby's development.