Patient's question:
I saw that many children in the same ward had newborn jaundice after birth. My baby was also diagnosed with high jaundice on the third day after birth. I want to know what are the causes of newborn jaundice?Doctor's answer:
There are many reasons for neonatal jaundice. Physiological jaundice: It is a phenomenon unique to the neonatal period. Due to the low oxygen environment in the womb, red blood cells are produced excessively in the fetus's blood, and most of these red blood cells are immature and easily destroyed. After birth, this leads to excessive bilirubin production, about twice that of adults. On the other hand, because the liver function of newborns is immature, bilirubin metabolism is restricted, causing newborns to exhibit jaundice for a period of time.