Patient's question:
My daughter is over twenty days old. About three or four days after birth, she started to turn a little yellow on her face. The doctor said it was jaundice. It has been like this ever since, and it started to spread to a larger area when she was eighteen or nineteen days old. Everyone says it's nothing serious and that it will go away on its own in a few days, and there's no need to worry about it. But now it's getting worse and worse. Her body has also started to turn yellow, her sleep quality is poor, and she often cries and fusses. What kind of help do I need: How long does jaundice in newborns usually last?Doctor's answer:
Hello, neonatal jaundice is divided into physiological jaundice and pathological jaundice. Full-term and preterm infants have different characteristics. For physiological jaundice, it is generally as follows: good general condition, jaundice appearing 2 to 3 days after birth in full-term infants, lasting 5 to 7 days and disappearing, with the latest not exceeding two weeks. Preterm infants' jaundice often appears 3 to 5 days after birth, peaks 5 to 7 days later, and disappears 7 to 9 days later, with the longest delay of up to four weeks. The daily increase in serum bilirubin is less than 8 mg/dL, with serum bilirubin in full-term infants being less than 12.9 mg/dL and in preterm infants being less than 15 mg/dL.