How does breast milk jaundice come about? Beware of several causes of breast milk jaundice

Breast milk is the natural food for children. After the baby is born, if there is no special reason, breast milk will be the main food. However, some babies will develop breast milk jaundice when they are breastfed. This disease can be divided into early and late stages. The early stage is caused by insufficient feeding or delayed meconium discharge, and the late stage is caused by certain factors in breast milk, which increase the enterohepatic circulation of bilirubin in the body and make absorption more aggravated.

After 10 months of pregnancy, many mothers will choose to use breast milk for feeding, because breast milk is a natural food, natural, safe, complete, and can provide the baby with some nutrients and antibodies needed by the body. In addition, breast milk also contains a certain amount of fat, which can not only provide some calories for the baby, but also provide some fat needed for the baby's brain development. However, many mothers will experience breast milk jaundice during feeding. How does this disease come about and what causes it?

Breast milk jaundice can be divided into early and late stages. The causes of the disease are different at different stages. Early breast milk jaundice can be called early-onset breast milk jaundice. This early breast milk jaundice is basically caused by not eating enough during feeding and not defecating in time. It is also close to the onset of physiological jaundice, which means that this condition may be discovered 2 to 3 days after the baby is born. But unlike physiological jaundice, physiological jaundice may subside on its own within two weeks, while this breast milk jaundice may be more obvious at 4 to 6 days.

Breast milk jaundice that occurs later is called late-onset breast milk jaundice. This condition usually occurs after physiological jaundice, or it may occur at the same time as physiological jaundice, or after physiological jaundice occurs, the condition is alleviated, and then becomes serious again later. In this case, it is considered to be late-onset breast milk jaundice. This disease usually appears around 7 to 10 days after the baby is born, and may reach a peak in the second or third week, and then slowly decline. This late-onset breast milk jaundice is basically because some factors contained in milk aggravate the enterohepatic circulation of bilirubin in the body, so the absorption becomes poor, which leads to this condition.

When treating breast milk jaundice, stop breastfeeding the baby as much as possible, and continue feeding after the condition has improved. When stopping feeding, you can use pure milk powder for feeding, but when feeding with milk powder, you should drink some water appropriately, which can promote the baby's metabolism and help the condition improve. In addition, mothers should also try to eat less foods containing yellow pigments, such as pumpkin, carrots, and oranges, etc. These foods have a certain amount of yellow pigments, which are not conducive to recovery. ​