Patient's question:
What are the reasons for newborn jaundice? Is the condition serious if exposed to blue light for 12-13 hours? Can breastfeeding be continued?Doctor's answer:
Analysis of the condition: Neonatal jaundice refers to a disease characterized by yellowing of the skin, eyes, and urine in infants after birth, known as "" in traditional Chinese medicine. If jaundice appears within 24 hours after birth and persists for 2 to 3 weeks without subsiding, worsens further, reappears after initially fading, or begins within one week to several weeks after birth, it is considered pathological jaundice.Advice: Neonatal jaundice can be either true or false. True jaundice refers to pathological jaundice, such as neonatal hemolytic disease, neonatal sepsis, neonatal hepatitis, congenital biliary atresia, and other conditions. False jaundice, on the other hand, specifically refers to physiological jaundice, which does not require treatment. Physiological jaundice is diagnosed when jaundice is observed 24 hours after birth and naturally disappears within 14 days, without other symptoms.