How to treat jaundice in a 50-day-old baby

How to treat jaundice in a 50-day-old baby? If the baby's jaundice symptoms persist for too long, it will have a very adverse impact on the child, so parents should pay attention to their children. If symptoms of jaundice appear, they should be treated as soon as possible to prevent the jaundice symptoms from becoming more serious and detrimental to the health of their children.

The following situations are generally considered physiological jaundice in a 50-day-old baby.

(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) Jaundice in a 50-day-old baby will basically disappear by the end of the second week, and jaundice in a premature baby will generally disappear 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 in 50-day-old babies progresses quickly, i.e. it gets much darker within a day;

4. The jaundice of a 50-day-old baby lasts for a long time (more than 2 weeks for a full-term baby and more than 3 weeks for a premature baby) or the jaundice reappears after it subsides;

5. Jaundice in a 50-day-old baby is accompanied by other clinical symptoms, or serum conjugated bilirubin is greater than 25.7 μmol/L (1.5 mg/dl).

Jaundice in a 50-day-old baby must be treated as soon as possible and cannot be delayed. If you don't get good treatment results, you should discuss with your doctor the effective methods of treating jaundice. There are many ways to treat jaundice, but during treatment, you must be careful not to cause any adverse effects or harm to your child's growth and development.