Patient's question:
My baby was born a week ago and received a jaundice check after birth. The doctor prescribed a box of medicine to take. Three days later, a follow-up check showed that the jaundice level had risen above 300. Bacteria were found in the infant's blood, indicating that the high jaundice level was caused by sepsis. What is newborn sepsis jaundice?Doctor's answer:
Neonatal sepsis is often accompanied by jaundice, which is very common and sometimes the only manifestation. When the physiological jaundice of the infant gradually subsides after 5-7 days, the condition may worsen, or jaundice may reappear after it has disappeared, sepsis should be suspected first. To ensure that the antibiotic treatment is sufficient to kill the sepsis bacteria and prevent it from recurring, the mother's breast milk should also be preserved as much as possible. It is best to use a breast pump or other tools to extract breast milk daily and send it to the ward for the nurse to help feed the baby. This not only helps with the baby's nutritional absorption and rapid recovery from the disease.