Patient's question:
My baby is over 20 days old, but the jaundice hasn't gone away yet. The doctor suggested I hospitalize for treatment, but I don't want my baby to be hospitalized before the full moon! Can your medicine help remove my baby's jaundice?Doctor's answer:
Physiological jaundice usually does not require treatment. Early feeding after birth can facilitate the earlier excretion of meconium and establish normal gut flora, thereby reducing the absorption of bilirubin from the intestine and, to some extent, alleviating jaundice. When a newborn has jaundice, sulfonamide drugs, aspirin, and drugs containing sodium benzoate should be avoided, as these medications can promote the occurrence of kernicterus. When there is a deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in red blood cells, many oxidative drugs (such as vitamin K3 and K4, sulfonamides, and furans) should not be used. Patients with pathological jaundice should be taken to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment. In addition to treating the underlying disease, radiotherapy, traditional Chinese medicine, oral rifampicin and clonidine, or exchange transfusion can be chosen to reduce serum bilirubin levels. The treatment method is determined by the doctor.