Patient's question:
Patient: Male, 50 days old1. Yellowish skin tone 3 days after birth, lasting for 50 days.
2. Normal body temperature.
3. Normal feeding, urination, and defecation.
Help needed: How to completely treat jaundice
Doctor's answer:
The liver enzyme system of newborns is not fully developed, making them prone to jaundice. Normal babies develop physiological jaundice 2-3 days after birth, reaching its peak between 4-6 days, and it typically resolves on its own within 7-14 days. If a baby develops jaundice too early, experiences a rapid daily increase in jaundice levels, has excessively high jaundice values, a prolonged duration, or a recurrence after resolution, it is considered pathological jaundice. When jaundice levels are high, treatment to reduce jaundice is necessary, with a commonly used treatment being Yinzhihuang. Sunlight exposure is also beneficial.