Patient's question:
Last week, I had a baby boy. Shortly after, I noticed that the baby had developed a lot of jaundice. Although this is a normal condition, I want to know how to rule out whether the jaundice in newborns is pathological jaundice?Doctor's answer:
Physiological jaundice is a transient jaundice caused by the metabolism of bilirubin. It occurs 2 to 3 days after birth, peaks on the 4th to 6th day, and subsides on the 7th to 10th day. Premature infants have a longer lifespan. In addition to mild anorexia, there are no other clinical symptoms. If jaundice occurs within 24 hours after birth, with serum bilirubin increasing by more than 5 mg/dL daily or more than 0.5 mg/dL per hour; if it lasts for a long time, with full-term infants and GT; 2 weeks, premature infants and GT; 4 weeks still not decreasing, even continuing to deepen or subsiding after repeated attacks, or jaundice appearing within one week to several weeks after birth, are all pathological jaundice.