Patient's question:
Newborn jaundice 255. My baby is 37 days old. Breastfeeding. Checked jaundice 6.1. The doctor said it's fading a bit slowly. Please ask what the final value of jaundice should be reduced to?Doctor's answer:
The normal value of neonatal jaundice is based on serum bilirubin. Full-term infants should not exceed 204 micrograms per liter (12 milligrams per liter), while premature infants should not exceed 255 micrograms per liter (15 milligrams per liter). This is normal. Physiological jaundice has little impact on appetite and mental state, except for yellow skin. The symptoms will naturally disappear within a month. Children with pathological jaundice not only experience changes in the skin but also cry, make noise, and refuse to be loved. In this case, it is necessary to take the child to the hospital for examination and treatment.