Patient's question:
My friend's baby boy is only three days old. The doctor at the hospital said he has hemolytic jaundice, with a jaundice level of 17. The doctor mentioned that the baby is too young for the hospital to monitor, and suggested consulting about the maximum jaundice level the baby should not exceed.Doctor's answer:
Infant jaundice is primarily a disease caused by the immaturity of the infant's liver function, abnormal bilirubin metabolism, and elevated blood bilirubin concentration. It can be specifically classified into physiological jaundice and pathological jaundice. The normal value of infant jaundice is based on serum bilirubin. As long as full-term infants do not exceed 204 micromoles per liter (12 milligrams per liter) and preterm infants do not exceed 255 micromoles per liter (15 milligrams per liter), it is considered normal.