Patient's question:
Hello? I want to ask something. My sister's child is two months older than my child. My sister's child has neonatal jaundice and has been undergoing treatment. My child is only half a month old and has been wearing my sister's child's clothes. Will they be infected with jaundice?Doctor's answer:
Analysis of the condition:Hello, jaundice itself is not contagious. It depends on the cause of the jaundice.
Suggestions:
Hello, infant jaundice is divided into physiological and pathological types. Physiological jaundice is not contagious and usually disappears within 3 weeks at the latest. Pathological jaundice can be caused by blood diseases, hepatitis, or congenital biliary atresia. Among these, hepatitis is contagious, as the virus is primarily present in milk, blood, saliva, semen, and vaginal secretions.