Patient's question:
Baby is 6 days old, and the skin color seems a bit abnormal. The doctor used a skin tester to measure jaundice at 400, saying it had reached its peak and immediately transferred to inpatient treatment. On the same day, 3 tubes of blood were drawn for testing. The blood test showed jaundice at 359. Please ask if high jaundice in newborns will affect the heel prick test results?Doctor's answer:
Newborn jaundice does not affect the heel blood test results. If a child's jaundice index is high, it should be considered pathological jaundice. Neonatal jaundice refers to jaundice in newborns without bilirubin. The harm of neonatal serum bilirubin levels to individuals is affected by various factors, such as physical condition and environment. Neonatal physiological jaundice does not require treatment and usually subsides within about a week. Although neonatal physiological jaundice is a normal phenomenon, parents should closely monitor it.