Patient's question:
A newborn was hospitalized yesterday due to high jaundice on the sixth day after birth. I want to know if the baby needs to buy insurance or if it can directly use the mother's insurance. If the baby needs to buy insurance, should it be medical insurance or agricultural insurance, which one has higher coverage?Doctor's answer:
There are many reasons for newborn jaundice, which can be divided into physiological and pathological types. Physiological jaundice typically appears 2-3 days after birth and gradually fades away within 7-10 days. In contrast, pathological jaundice usually appears earlier, often within 24 hours after birth, and takes longer to fade, sometimes lasting for a month or more. Pathological jaundice is more commonly associated with:① Neonatal hemolytic disease. Common causes include glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, spherocytosis,
② Glucuronyltransferase activity defects, which are transient in premature infants due to enzyme activity abnormalities and congenital enzyme defects in Crigler-Najjar syndrome, as well as metabolic acidosis,
③ Breast milk jaundice, which typically occurs in the first week after birth and may be related to insufficient caloric intake,
④ Delayed passage of meconium.