How long does it take for a child's jaundice to subside?

In life, when we talk about jaundice, we don’t feel strange. Generally, babies will have jaundice after birth. Although this is a relatively normal phenomenon, our mothers will still feel very worried, fearing that the jaundice problem will endanger the healthy development of the baby. Therefore, for them, whether the jaundice can fade after a few days is the most worthy of attention.

How long does it take for neonatal jaundice to go away?

Neonatal physiological jaundice: Newborns begin to develop jaundice 2-3 days after birth, which is most obvious after 4-5 days and disappears naturally after 7-14 days. Generally, the condition is good and there are no adverse reactions. This is called "physiological jaundice". Premature babies have more immature liver function, so jaundice will appear later, around the 3rd or 4th day, and it will last longer. Jaundice in premature babies can last for 14 days or longer.

Neonatal breast milk jaundice: Jaundice starts 4-7 days after birth and lasts for about 2 months, mainly characterized by elevated unconjugated bilirubin, with no clinical symptoms. Neonatal pathological jaundice: Jaundice appears early, within 24 hours after birth. Jaundice is persistent, and jaundice persists or even deepens 2-3 weeks after birth, or deepens after relief. Severe jaundice, golden yellow or jaundice spreads throughout the body, with more obvious jaundice on the palms and soles, or serum bilirubin greater than 12-15 mg/L. Accompanied by anemia or lighter stool color. Patients with abnormal body temperature, poor appetite, vomiting, etc.

If it is physiological jaundice, no treatment is needed. If it is pathological jaundice, the main treatment is blue light, so you must go to the hospital's pediatric department for treatment and retest the transcutaneous bilirubin to understand the treatment effect. Regardless of the cause of pathological jaundice, severe cases can cause kernicterus, which has a poor prognosis. In addition to causing damage to the nervous system, severe cases can cause death.