How to treat jaundice in a seven-day-old baby?

Patient's question:

Female 12 months illness description: A newborn baby who is 7 days old has developed jaundice. How should it be treated?

Doctor's answer:

Hello, neonatal jaundice. First, consider physiological jaundice. As long as it is not severe, it can disappear completely within two weeks. If the jaundice is severe or persistent, it is pathological jaundice and requires hospital treatment. 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 intestinal and liver circulation of bilirubin.

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