Patient's question:
The baby is just five days old. The hospital conducted a thorough examination for neonatal jaundice, and the value was 13. They said to admit the baby to the hospital. Is this value high enough to require hospitalization? I'm so upset, and even her mother is crying. Urgent reply needed, thank you!Doctor's answer:
There are many reasons for jaundice. First, if the baby appears jaundiced again 2-3 days after birth, and if so, it can be high on the fifth day, generally subsiding gradually between 7-10 days. This is known as physiological jaundice and does not require hospitalization. If the jaundice reappears after 24 hours post-birth and the peak of jaundice is unpredictable, then pathological jaundice should be considered. This is generally seen in ① neonatal hemolysis, where the father has A or B blood type, and the mother is O type. ② breast milk jaundice ③ reduced activity of glucuronidation transferase.