Patient's question:
Last night, my wife had abdominal pain and was bleeding. We went to the hospital, and the doctor said she was about to give birth. However, she was in the delivery room for several hours, but the baby never came out. Instead, my wife was discharged. The doctor said my child had a high bilirubin level and was taken to the neonatal emergency room. We are all very worried now.Doctor's answer:
Neonatal jaundice is divided into physiological jaundice and pathological jaundice. Most cases of physiological jaundice can gradually improve with proper care and reasonable feeding. Your child has a high jaundice index within 24 hours after birth, suggesting a high likelihood of pathological jaundice. Therefore, the first step should be to identify the underlying cause of jaundice as much as possible and actively treat the primary disease. The main treatment methods include blue light irradiation or medication.