Patient's question:
Eight days after the baby in my sister's family was born, their skin turned yellow, and they refused to eat milk. The doctor told me it was jaundice. After being exposed to blue light, they are being cared for at home. Can yellow skin fruit leaves help reduce jaundice?Doctor's answer:
Neonatal jaundice is first considered physiological jaundice. As long as it is not severe, it can disappear completely within two weeks. If the jaundice is severe or persists, it is pathological jaundice. If there are no complications of other diseases, the symptoms you mentioned should be physiological jaundice. Pay attention to keeping the newborn warm, early feeding, providing adequate water and heat energy, early defecation, and reducing the enterohepatic circulation of bilirubin, which can reduce the severity of physiological jaundice. Some people suggest it is better not to trust folk remedies.