How long should patients with jaundice stay in the sun?

Jaundice includes physiological jaundice and pathological jaundice. If the patient has physiological jaundice, sunbathing has a certain auxiliary effect in removing jaundice, generally for 20 to 30 minutes at a time. Patients with pathological jaundice do not respond well to sunbathing and need to adopt a systematic treatment method.

Neonatal jaundice is caused by the accumulation of bilirubin in the body due to various reasons, which generally manifests as jaundice on the skin, sclera, etc. Among them, physiological jaundice is mainly because the production of bilirubin is greater than the excretion at birth. Generally, no special treatment is required, but you can take the method of sun exposure. By exposing the skin to the sun, the bilirubin in the body will be oxidized and excreted from the body through the stool, thereby reducing jaundice. Generally, each time you expose your skin to the sun for 20 to 30 minutes, it is not advisable to expose your skin for too long, which may cause skin damage.

However, if the newborn has pathological jaundice, it may be caused by neonatal sepsis, neonatal hemolysis, polycythemia, etc. Sunbathing cannot play a therapeutic role. The main treatments include blue light irradiation therapy, blood transfusion therapy, etc.

When a newborn develops jaundice, the baby should go to the hospital in time, cooperate with the doctor to find out the cause, take appropriate treatment methods, and avoid handling it at will, so as not to delay treatment and worsen the condition.