Patient's question:
Female, 27 years old, her child was born recently, and she discovered she had jaundice. Please ask: How is infant jaundice treated?Doctor's answer:
Your baby has neonatal jaundice. Generally, the data obtained through transcutaneous measurement should be below 10 (as the values may vary slightly depending on the instrument). If blood is drawn to measure the level of bilirubin in the blood, the normal value is usually below 205 umol/l (12 mg/dl). For a normal infant at 30 days, the total bilirubin normal range is 1.7～17.1 umol/l (0.1～1.0 mg/dl). Direct bilirubin is 0～6.8 umol/l (0～0.4 mg/dl). Indirect bilirubin is 1.7～10.2 umol/l (0.1～0.6 mg/dl). A urine test is required to determine the actual level of bilirubin.