Patient's question:
My baby is now 28 days old! There's still some yellowing on his face. Today, I went to the hospital for a blood test to check bilirubin. The total value is 127.4, with the direct value being 8.30 and the indirect value being 119.10. Is the bilirubin level too high? What is the standard value for physiological jaundice in newborns?Doctor's answer:
Physiological jaundice appears 2 to 3 days after birth, peaks between 4 to 6 days, and disappears within 7 to 10 days. Premature infants have a longer duration of jaundice, with only mild loss of appetite as the primary clinical symptom. The normal range for neonatal jaundice is based on the reference index of serum bilirubin. As long as full-term infants have a level of no more than 204 μmol/L (12 mg/dL) and premature infants have a level of no more than 255 μmol/L (15 mg/dL), it is considered normal.