How to treat physiological jaundice in infants? Master the three treatments for physiological jaundice in infants

When newborns develop jaundice, many parents will be very nervous at first. But in fact, newborn jaundice includes physiological jaundice, breast milk jaundice and pathological jaundice. Physiological jaundice is a normal physiological phenomenon, which generally does not have adverse effects on children and can disappear on its own. What you need to do is to breastfeed normally, increase the number of feedings appropriately, promote defecation, and get some sun exposure appropriately.

Neonatal jaundice is caused by excessive bilirubin concentration in the body, which causes the baby's skin and mucous membranes to turn yellow visibly. Clinically, neonatal jaundice is divided into three types: physiological jaundice, breast milk jaundice, and pathological jaundice. Among them, physiological jaundice in infants is a normal physiological phenomenon, which mostly occurs within 2-5 days after the birth of the newborn, and the jaundice index is not higher than 15mg/dl. So, what should we do when a baby has physiological jaundice?

1. When a baby develops physiological jaundice, apart from the skin and mucous membranes turning yellow, there will be no other adverse symptoms. The baby can eat and sleep, and has normal bowel movements. At this time, normal breastfeeding is all that is needed, and there is no need for excessive intervention treatment.

2. For full-term infants, physiological jaundice will subside within 10-14 days after birth; for about 80% of premature infants, physiological jaundice will subside within 3-4 weeks after onset. During this period, except for a few who may eat poorly, the child will not have symptoms such as poor spirits, poor appetite, diarrhea, fever, abnormal crying, etc. If it does not subside after a few days, you can check the jaundice index. As long as the index does not exceed 15mg/dl, increase the number of feedings appropriately to promote the baby's bowel movements, which can accelerate the excretion of bilirubin.

3. During the period of physiological jaundice, you can take your child to bask in the sun appropriately, because the ultraviolet rays in the sun can help the jaundice subside, but you must pay attention to protecting the baby's eyes during the sunbathing process and avoid direct sunlight on the baby's eyes. The time can be arranged between 7-8 am and 4-6 pm, when the sunlight is relatively soft, and the baby should be avoided from being exposed to the sun.

Because physiological jaundice is a normal physiological phenomenon of newborns, it will not have adverse consequences on their bodies and can disappear on its own, so basically no additional intervention treatment is required. However, it is necessary to prevent the occurrence of breast milk jaundice or pathological jaundice in newborns. Once the jaundice index of the newborn is too high, the jaundice has not subsided, and it is accompanied by other abnormal conditions such as abnormal crying and fever, it is recommended to seek medical attention directly and take active treatment measures.