Patient's question:
I have been married to my husband for more than three years. Due to not-so-good financial conditions, we just had our child recently. After the child was born, during the check-up, it was found that the baby had jaundice with a level of 110. Is newborn jaundice at 110 serious?Doctor's answer:
Generally, the jaundice index of infants reaches its peak 4 days after birth and then gradually decreases. If the problem does not resolve during the jaundice period, it is usually caused by pathological jaundice and should be treated in the hospital. If the jaundice is caused by breastfeeding and is relatively high, you can stop breastfeeding for a few days and wait a few days to see how things develop. A 24-day-old baby has already passed the stage of physiological jaundice. If jaundice appears, the possibility of breast milk jaundice is relatively high. It is necessary to take the baby to the hospital for observation.