Patient's question:
9 days ago, my belly button is a bit chafed. I went to the children's hospital for a thorough examination. The doctor checked and said it's normal, just got a shot and there won't be any problems! However, he mentioned that the baby's complexion is a bit yellowish and said the jaundice level is too high, requiring hospitalization, but there are no beds available! We want to check the jaundice a few times...Doctor's answer:
Your description is indeed the symptom of infant jaundice, and its causes and treatment are very complex. If jaundice is detected 24 hours after birth and naturally disappears within 14 days without other symptoms, it is called physiological jaundice. The most common cause of jaundice in newborns is hemolytic disease of the newborn, which occurs due to blood type incompatibility between the newborn and the mother, leading to the agglutination and destruction of fetal red blood cells and subsequent hemolysis, resulting in anemia, edema, hepatosplenomegaly, and hyperbilirubinemia. If a large amount of bilirubin in the body damages the central nervous system cells, the jaundice becomes more severe. The most common treatment method is phototherapy. Mild cases can be treated with light therapy.Medical advice: Personally, I recommend closely monitoring and treating the baby, considering that it is only 9 days old. Newborn jaundice varies greatly, and close observation of the baby's skin jaundice changes after birth is necessary. For cases with premature jaundice, delayed resolution, or gradually decreasing jaundice, or those who recover from jaundice, special attention should be paid and follow-up visits should be made promptly. When jaundice appears in the baby, it is also important to observe the baby's mental state, breathing, feeding, and stool color to detect pathological jaundice early and seek timely treatment. Wishing the baby good health.
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