Patient's question:
My little cousin was born with very severe jaundice, so the baby has been treated with blue light therapy. I want to know if newborns with severe jaundice who undergo blue light therapy are prone to recurrence.Doctor's answer:
Neonatal jaundice, clinically including pathological jaundice, physiological jaundice, and breast milk jaundice, only pathological jaundice can lead to bilirubin encephalopathy, and brain damage is irreversible. Pathological jaundice requires blue light irradiation and symptomatic drug treatment, while physiological jaundice and breast milk jaundice generally do not require drug treatment. If a baby has jaundice, blue light treatment will not recur. If blue light treatment for jaundice is ineffective, blood exchange treatment should be considered.