Patient's question:
The baby has only been born for about a week, but there has been a high bilirubin issue discovered. I am feeling particularly worried seeing my child go through this suffering. What are the dangers of high bilirubin in babies?Doctor's answer:
Neonatal jaundice is relatively high, which refers to the condition where, after a newborn is born, due to abnormal bilirubin metabolism, the level of bilirubin in the blood increases, leading to the issue of jaundice. The main harm of neonatal jaundice is that it can cause poor appetite in the child, without any other clinical symptoms. Moreover, after jaundice appears, it will usually subside on its own within a day. However, for pathological jaundice, hospitalization is required to observe the underlying cause.