Is it necessary to be hospitalized for jaundice?

Some babies will develop jaundice three to five days after birth. It is a problem of whether it is obvious or not. It is called physiological jaundice and pathological jaundice. Physiological jaundice will automatically disappear within a few days, but pathological jaundice will recur and become more and more severe, which requires hospitalization. So today let’s talk about the issue of baby jaundice. Does a baby with jaundice need to be hospitalized?

1. Is 18% of baby jaundice considered high?

The jaundice value is still quite high. In this case, the child needs to be hospitalized, actively treated with blue light, and use albumin when necessary.

Neonatal jaundice refers to a disease characterized by yellowing of the skin, mucous membranes and sclera due to the accumulation of bilirubin (bilirubin is already in the amniotic fluid at 12 weeks of gestational age) in the body during the neonatal period (from the time the umbilical cord is tied after delivery of the fetus to 28 days after birth). 60%-80% of newborns will have yellow skin within 2 to 5 days after birth, which is a normal phenomenon. This disease is divided into physiological jaundice and pathological jaundice.

The normal jaundice values ​​for full-term babies are different from those for premature babies. Generally, the normal value of jaundice in full-term newborns is 12.9 mg/100 ml, which means that the bilirubin level in 100 ml of blood is lower than 12.9 mg. The normal value of jaundice in premature babies is 15 mg/100 ml of blood, which means that the bilirubin level in 100 ml of blood is less than 15 mg. Therefore, neonatal jaundice of 6.5 is within the normal range and parents do not need to worry too much.

When the baby's jaundice value exceeds 12.9mg/dl or the neonatal jaundice index rises too quickly (rising by more than 5mh/dl per day), or the jaundice lasts longer than the time it takes for a full-term baby to disappear within 14 days and for a premature baby to disappear within 4 weeks, or the jaundice disappears and reappears. It means that the neonatal jaundice is unhealthy and may be suffering from pathological jaundice.

2. What to do if jaundice is high

1. Treatment of physiological jaundice

Drink plain water.

Children must be fed 30 ml of boiled water every morning and evening, and should also drink an appropriate amount of water during the day so that they can eliminate jaundice in their bodies as soon as possible. If you are breastfeeding, it's fine, but if you are drinking formula, you need to add water.

Sunbathing.

Around 10 o'clock every morning, when the sun is not very strong, let your child bask in the sun, trying to expose his skin as much as possible, but avoid exposing his eyes.

2. Treatment of pathological jaundice:

Take medicine.

Go to the hospital to measure the jaundice index. If it is still high, the doctor will prescribe medicine to control jaundice, such as Mami Love or Yinzhihuang.

What to do if your newborn has high jaundice

Shine the blue light.

If the above methods do not work, and the child has been born for one or two months and the jaundice is still severe, it is recommended to go to the hospital for a doctor's diagnosis. If it is pathological, the newborn needs to be hospitalized under the doctor's guidance and receive blue light treatment, which means placing the newborn in an incubator under blue light treatment.