How to cure jaundice in children

How to treat jaundice in children?

For children with physiological jaundice, there is no special treatment. If it is pathological jaundice, it can be treated with phototherapy, which requires 1 to 2 days of irradiation. Blood exchange therapy is the fastest. Some drug treatments can also be used.

If a child has physiological jaundice, special treatment is usually required. Usually, the yellow color will disappear automatically after about a week. Parents may give their children some glucose water to speed up the disappearance of jaundice. They can also start breastfeeding in advance to speed up fetal defecation, which is also very beneficial for preventing and eliminating jaundice.

If a child suffers from pathological jaundice, he or she must receive treatment, otherwise it will induce serious sequelae and even endanger life. Generally speaking, the treatment of pathological jaundice usually includes phototherapy, exchange transfusion therapy and drug therapy.

1. Light therapy

This method is the most effective way to treat jaundice. Let the child lie in the phototherapy box, then cover the child's eyes, perineum and anus, and the rest can be exposed to the outside, and then use single-sided light and double-sided light, usually for 24 hours to 48 hours.

2. Exchange blood therapy

This method is the fastest and most effective way to treat high bilirubin. However, blood transfusion surgery has high requirements for medical technology. Moreover, not everyone is suitable for blood transfusion therapy. This therapy may have some side effects. This therapy is usually mainly used for adverse symptoms such as severe pathological jaundice.

3. Drug therapy

In terms of drug treatment, phenobarbital and dexamethasone can usually be used to treat the adverse symptoms of pathological jaundice. However, patients must pay attention to taking the medicine under the guidance of a doctor. In terms of traditional Chinese medicine treatment, Yinchenhao Decoction can usually be used as the main treatment.