Patient's question:
Female, 32 years old, her child was born recently, and she discovered she had jaundice. Please ask: What are the treatment methods for jaundice?Doctor's answer:
The baby has neonatal jaundice. The data obtained through transcutaneous measurement should generally be below 10 (as the values may vary slightly depending on the instrument). If a blood test is conducted to measure the level of bilirubin in the blood, the normal value is generally below 205 umol/L (12 mg/dL). For a normal infant at 30 days, the total bilirubin normal value is 1.7 to 17.1 umol/L (0.1 to 1.0 mg/dL). The direct bilirubin normal value is 0 to 6.8 umol/L (0 to 0.4 mg/dL). The indirect bilirubin normal value is 1.7 to 10.2 umol/L (0.1 to 0.6 mg/dL). A urine test is the only way to determine the actual level of bilirubin. This is because transcutaneous bilirubin measurement can be affected by the child's skin color and fat thickness.