When will neonatal jaundice subside?

When will neonatal jaundice disappear?

The time it takes for neonatal jaundice to subside depends on the individual situation. Physiological jaundice takes about three weeks to subside, and if it is a premature baby, it takes about a month. Pathological jaundice requires targeted treatment to make it subside, mainly including phototherapy and exchange transfusion therapy.

1. When will neonatal jaundice be retired?

Generally speaking, if a newborn has physiological jaundice, it will gradually subside around 10 to 14 days after birth and completely subside around 2 to 3 weeks. The specific relative time depends on individual circumstances, but if it is a premature baby, the subsidence time will gradually be delayed, and it will take about a month.

If a child develops pathological jaundice, active intervention is necessary to completely eliminate it. Because there are many causes of pathological jaundice, it is impossible for it to disappear automatically, and the treatment methods for different causes are also different.

2. How to treat neonatal jaundice?

1. Light therapy

For neonatal pathological jaundice or physiological jaundice that subsides slowly, phototherapy can promote its rapid subsidence. It is also the most commonly used treatment for childhood jaundice. Its treatment principle is that the ultraviolet rays contained in the light can convert bilirubin into urine for excretion in children. It can play a good therapeutic role in jaundice.

2. Exchange blood therapy

If a child has severe jaundice or if bilirubin levels remain elevated despite phototherapy, exchange transfusion may be used to treat the condition.