Patient's question:
Appeared jaundice two days after birth. Received three days of injections and blood test results showed normal. The symptoms have reappeared now. No family history of hereditary diseases. How should jaundice be treated in a one-month-old infant?Doctor's answer:
Jaundice occurs early (within 24 hours after birth); rapid progression (daily increase rate exceeding 85 and 5U mol/L); excessive (total bilirubin in serum greater than 221 umol/L); regression too late or regression with recurrence; (full-term delivery lasting more than 2 weeks. Preterm delivery lasting more than 4 weeks) total bilirubin level exceeding 26 units/L before treatment. If your blood bilirubin level is normal, you may not need treatment. However, you should be closely monitored. Your family should also monitor. If your child's limbs turn yellow, you should also take Yinzhihuang orally with probiotics. Blue light treatment is necessary.