How to diagnose breast milk jaundice

The most common type of jaundice seen clinically is a type of pathological jaundice, which is breast milk jaundice. Breast milk jaundice is caused by substances in breast milk that inhibit bilirubin metabolism, causing a problem with the child's bilirubin metabolism. However, this usually does not affect the child in any way. It appears two weeks after the onset of the disease, and all things are fine for the child, with nothing wrong except jaundice. When the child's bilirubin is checked, it is mainly indirect bilirubin, and breastfeeding can be stopped for three days.

If the bilirubin level drops by more than 50%, the child can be considered to have breast milk jaundice. After breastfeeding, breast milk jaundice will increase and recur, but generally it will disappear completely in two to three months. It will not affect your child in any way. In very rare children, breast milk jaundice may also have very severe jaundice, and some phototherapy intervention may be needed.