How can pregnant women prevent neonatal jaundice? 7 ways to prevent jaundice in babies

Neonatal jaundice is a common disease in life, and this disease can be prevented as long as new mothers pay attention to it. So what should we do?

Neonatal jaundice is a common disease in children, but most new mothers may not know that as long as they do a good job of relevant care, they can effectively prevent the occurrence of this disease. Here are some methods for pregnant women to prevent neonatal jaundice for your reference.

Pay attention to your diet during pregnancy

Fetal jaundice is often caused by the pregnant mother being invaded by dampness and heat, which affects the fetus, resulting in fetal jaundice after birth. Therefore, during pregnancy, the pregnant mother should pay attention to a moderate diet, not eating raw or cold food, not being too hungry or too full, and avoid alcohol and spicy and hot foods to prevent damage to the spleen and stomach.

Observation of infant's systemic symptoms

Pay attention to observe the systemic symptoms of babies with fetal jaundice, such as lethargy, drowsiness, difficulty sucking, restlessness, strabismus, limb rigidity or convulsions, so as to detect and treat seriously ill children early.

Protecting Babies

Pay attention to keeping the baby's skin, navel and buttocks clean to prevent damage and infection.

Watch for changes in your baby

Closely monitor heart rate, heart sounds, anemia level, and changes in liver size to prevent and treat heart failure at an early stage.

Watch out for jaundice in babies

Closely monitor the baby's scleral jaundice after birth. If jaundice is detected, treat it as soon as possible, and observe changes in the color of the jaundice to understand the progress of the jaundice.

Be prepared

When blood exchange therapy is needed, the ward air should be disinfected in time, blood and various medicines and items should be prepared, and the operating procedures should be strictly followed.

If you get pregnant again, you should be prepared for prevention

If a woman has given birth to a baby with fetal jaundice, she should take preventive measures and take Chinese medicine on time when she becomes pregnant again.