Is newborn jaundice at 240 very high? How to suppress it

Patient's question:

Is the jaundice level of 240 in newborns very high? How to suppress it? Previously it was 300 and now it has dropped to 240. Does it have a significant impact on the child? Are there any methods to quickly reduce it without hospitalization?

Doctor's answer:

Consider it not too high, newborn jaundice is divided into physiological and pathological. Physiological jaundice in premature infants lasts longer, except for mild loss of appetite, there are no other clinical diagnostic symptoms. Pathological jaundice, if the child has no other clinical manifestations except loss of appetite, it is recommended to give the child Yinzhihuang oral liquid. Also, how the child eats breast milk, if it is considered to be breast milk jaundice, it is recommended to stop breastfeeding for three days to wait and see, and eat some formula milk.

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