Is neonatal jaundice related to breast milk?

Is neonatal jaundice related to breast milk?

1. Neonatal jaundice has a certain relationship with breast milk.

2. Neonatal jaundice is a common disease in newborns, mainly due to the accumulation of bilirubin in the body, which causes the skin and other organs to turn yellow. Some newborns may develop breast milk jaundice after breastfeeding, which may be due to the high activity of calcium and magnesium in breast milk, which causes the baby's bilirubin to not be decomposed in time. This situation is easily overlooked because the duration of breast milk jaundice is close to that of physiological jaundice. Physiological jaundice generally occurs 3 to 4 days after birth and subsides in about 7 to 14 days. Generally, no special treatment is required, but the value of breast milk jaundice is higher than that of physiological jaundice. If breast milk jaundice occurs and the symptoms are more severe, it is recommended to suspend breastfeeding.

3. There is also a kind of pathological jaundice, which occurs within 24 hours of birth. When the serum bilirubin concentration is tested, it is greater than or equal to 222μmol/L for full-term infants and greater than or equal to 2577μmol/L for premature infants, and it is not easy to subside for a long time. If jaundice occurs, you can give your child more water, observe the body temperature at any time, keep warm, keep the skin clean, and prevent infection. If pathological jaundice occurs, it also needs timely treatment.