Jaundice index at 9 months

Neonatal jaundice is a relatively common disease. A few days after the birth of a newborn, yellow will appear on the skin surface of the newborn, especially on the face. Although jaundice in newborns is a normal phenomenon, when the symptoms of neonatal jaundice are severe, it will cause harm to the health of the newborn. Therefore, when a newborn has jaundice, it is important to observe carefully.

There is no fixed standard for the neonatal jaundice index. It varies from person to person and from day to day. Generally speaking, if the baby's jaundice index is greater than the 95th percentile of babies of the same age, it is abnormal and intervention is required.

The dangers of neonatal jaundice

1. Physiological jaundice is usually caused by the immature liver function of newborns. As the newborn's liver's ability to process bilirubin improves, jaundice will naturally subside, so parents generally do not need additional care for physiological jaundice. During the period when children have jaundice, you can feed them more warm boiled water or glucose water as a diuretic. The jaundice will go away quickly and will not affect the child.

2. It should be noted that severe pathological jaundice may be complicated by cerebral nuclear jaundice, commonly known as "kernicterus", which causes damage to the nervous system and leads to serious sequelae such as mental retardation in children, and even death. Parents need to carefully observe the changes in their children's jaundice. When special circumstances occur, they should send their children to the hospital in time and ask for help from a doctor.

Neonatal jaundice can be divided into two types: physiological and pathological.

1. Newborns may develop yellowing of the skin, whites of the eyes and oral mucosa on the 2nd to 3rd day after birth, with varying degrees of severity. It is usually more obvious on the face and chest, but the palms and soles of the feet are not yellow. It is most obvious on the 4th to 6th day, disappears on the 10th to 14th day after birth in full-term infants, and may last until the 3rd week in premature infants. During this period, the child was in general good condition and showed no other discomfort.

2. It is normal for newborns to have physiological jaundice, but parents should also pay close attention. Generally speaking, physiological jaundice is relatively mild, the bilirubin concentration in the blood is low, and it will not affect children's intelligence.

1. Jaundice in children may occur within 24 hours after birth, or it may persist, or jaundice may reappear after it subsides, or jaundice may progressively worsen.

2. Pathological neonatal jaundice can also cause manifestations of other diseases, such as kernicterus. When it occurs, the child's jaundice becomes significantly worse, and begins to show symptoms of drowsiness, weakness or choking when sucking milk, and decreased muscle tone. If not treated promptly, serious symptoms such as groaning, screaming, convulsions, and respiratory failure may follow. Some children die from respiratory failure, and those who survive often have sequelae such as intellectual disabilities and cerebral palsy.