Patient's question:
Baby is four days old, jaundice index 14.7. The doctor requires full-time blue light treatment. Please ask if, in addition to blue light therapy, intravenous fluids are also needed. The adults are very worried and can't sleep at night.Doctor's answer:
Blue light irradiation therapy can easily cause babies to lose fluids, so during blue light treatment, it is necessary to provide babies with fluids, feeding, and temperature monitoring to prevent dehydration, fever, and electrolyte disorders. Neonatal jaundice can be treated with blue light therapy to reduce jaundice. During blue light treatment, the temperature inside the blue light box is relatively high, leading to evaporation of the baby's body fluids, so fluid supplementation is required. Breastfeed on demand and provide more water.