What medicine should I take for neonatal jaundice?

What medicine should be taken for neonatal jaundice?

Neonatal jaundice can be divided into physiological jaundice and pathological jaundice. Physiological jaundice of newborns may heal itself without special treatment. Pathological jaundice can be relieved by taking appropriate Western or Chinese medicine. There are many reasons for neonatal jaundice. The main cause of physiological jaundice is that the baby's lungs are poorly developed and the red blood cells are too damaged and cannot be excreted from the body. Pathological jaundice is mainly caused by enzyme deficiency.

1. What medicine should be taken for neonatal jaundice?

Neonatal jaundice is more likely to be physiological jaundice. Physiological jaundice does not require any drug treatment and generally disappears gradually around 5 to 7 days after birth. But in addition to physiological jaundice, some infant jaundice may be caused by pathological factors and is pathological jaundice. There is no possibility of self-healing for pathological jaundice, and appropriate medications can be taken to improve it. Drug treatment is divided into traditional Chinese medicine treatment and Western medicine treatment. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment mainly involves taking Chinese patent medicines, and Yinzhihuang oral liquid and phenobarbital oral liquid are commonly used drugs. For Western medicine drug treatment, common drugs include: liver enzyme inducers, probiotics, etc. However, when the effect of drug treatment is not obvious, other treatment methods should be selected.

2. What is the cause of neonatal jaundice?

1. Physiological jaundice

The main cause of physiological jaundice in newborns is too many red blood cells in the mother's blood, abnormal lung respiratory and circulatory functions after birth, which leads to excessive red blood cell damage, red blood cell metabolism to form bilirubin, and induces jaundice.

2. Enzyme deficiency

The normal metabolism of bilirubin in infants requires the help of enzymes and other substances. However, after the baby is born, due to the imperfect development of the liver and insufficient enzyme secretion, the normal metabolism of bilirubin will also be affected. If too much bilirubin accumulates in the body, the symptoms related to jaundice will be more obvious.