Patient's question:
Baby has only been born for five days, and the doctor said my child's jaundice is still quite high and needs attention. So, if a newborn has jaundice, can they be directly held in the sun to sunbathe?Doctor's answer:
Based on the situation you described, we need to consider pathological jaundice, which is a serious form of bilirubin encephalopathy. Bilirubin encephalopathy can easily lead to intellectual disability in children. In this case, we need to hospitalize the child in the pediatric department of the hospital and adopt a combination of oral antijaundice drugs and blue light therapy. You can hold the child in the sunlight, but make sure the sunlight is not too strong! It is best not to look directly at the sunlight, as this can have a certain impact on the child's eyes. You can expose the child's soles of the feet and palms, but the buttocks are okay.