Patient's question:
My baby is a premature child. I was very worried about the child's condition from the beginning. Recently, the child has appeared with this series of conditions, and I am also very worried, afraid that the child will get worse. Is it important if jaundice lasts for a long time?Doctor's answer:
Neonatal jaundice, first consider it as physiological jaundice. As long as it is not severe, it can usually disappear completely within 2 weeks. If the jaundice is relatively severe or persists, it is pathological jaundice and requires hospital treatment. If there are no other complications, the symptoms you described should be physiological jaundice. Pay attention to keeping the newborn warm, appropriately advance feeding, provide sufficient water and heat energy, and promote the early discharge of meconium to reduce the enterohepatic circulation of bilirubin, which can alleviate the severity of physiological jaundice.