Patient's question:
My son was just born, and the doctor said he has high neonatal jaundice and needs to be treated in an incubator for a period of time. I really want to hold him quickly, but the doctor said it needs to be treated for a while. Please ask, what should be done about high neonatal jaundice? What causes it?Doctor's answer:
Neonatal jaundice can be divided into physiological jaundice and pathological jaundice. After red blood cells are destroyed in the body, they need to be metabolized by liver cells into bilirubin, which is then excreted from the stool through metabolism. Newborns have not yet reached normal liver function, so their processing ability is not very strong, which may lead to physiological jaundice. Physiological jaundice does not require close monitoring. If hemolysis or obstruction is also possible, abnormal liver function can cause jaundice. In this case, it is necessary to go to the hospital in time to identify the cause and receive targeted treatment.