Patient's question:
My little cousin at my aunt's house had very severe jaundice after birth. So, the baby was continuously treated with blue light. I want to know if newborns with severe jaundice who are treated with blue light are prone to recurrence.Doctor's answer:
Neonatal jaundice. Clinically, it includes pathological jaundice, physiological jaundice, and breast milk jaundice. Only pathological jaundice can lead to bilirubin encephalopathy. Brain damage is irreversible. Pathological jaundice requires blue light irradiation and symptomatic drug treatment. Physiological jaundice and breast milk jaundice generally do not require drug treatment. The baby has jaundice. Treated with blue light. Will not recur. If blue light treatment for jaundice is ineffective, blood exchange treatment needs to be considered.