8 month old baby's face turns yellow

A baby's yellow complexion can make parents very worried, because a normal baby's complexion is rosy, which also indicates that the baby is very healthy. Once the baby's face turns yellow, it is very likely that the baby is sick. Parents should pay more attention to the baby and take the child to the hospital for examination when necessary. So, what is going on when an 8-month-old baby’s face turns yellow?

Why is my eight-month-old baby's face yellow?

1. Anemia caused by malnutrition: If your baby often suffers from diarrhea, it may be anemia caused by malnutrition. It is best to measure the trace elements and hemoglobin indicators for your baby.

2. Neonatal jaundice: Most newborn babies will have yellow faces 23 days after birth. This may be physiological jaundice, and new mothers should observe closely.

A baby's yellow face is a clinical manifestation of neonatal jaundice. After the baby is born, the originally rosy skin color may turn yellow one day during the neonatal period. This is neonatal jaundice. Normal physiological neonatal jaundice usually appears 3-5 days after birth and basically disappears by about 10 days, and will not exceed 3 weeks at the latest. Most neonatal jaundice disappears by the second week. If parents still find obvious jaundice in their children in the second week, they need to pay more attention to their children. It will be very helpful to distinguish physiological jaundice from pathological jaundice in time to treat the children.

3. Liver and gallbladder diseases and genetic reasons, etc.: This needs to be confirmed by the hospital, but if the baby’s face was not yellow before, it is generally not a genetic reason.

What should I do if my baby's face turns yellow?

1. What to do if the newborn baby's face turns yellow

Does a newborn's yellow face mean jaundice? In fact, the baby's jaundice is attributed to excessive accumulation of "bilirubin" in the blood, which causes the skin and mucous membranes to become yellowish. The key points of judgment are yellowing of the skin and sclera of the eyes, and dark color. If you are not sure, you can check your baby's serum bilirubin.

At the same time, physiological jaundice in newborns is usually caused by the immature liver function of the infant. As the newborn's liver's ability to process bilirubin increases, jaundice will naturally subside, so parents generally do not need additional care for physiological jaundice. During the period of jaundice, the child can be fed more warm boiled water or glucose water for diuresis.

2. What to do if your baby's face turns yellow

1) Pale yellow complexion: To prevent weak spleen and stomach, parents must feed their children properly, and do not eat too much meat to avoid food poisoning; do not abuse some heat-clearing and fire-purging drugs, such as Isatis root granules, heat-clearing and fire-purging oral liquid, etc., to avoid bitter and cold food that hurts the stomach; do not eat too much snacks, etc.

2) Bright yellow face: Eat less greasy, sweet and fatty foods in your daily diet. A yellow face is often accompanied by insufficient qi and blood. It is recommended to eat more longan, red dates, wolfberry, etc.