Patient's question:
My baby is almost a month old, and I've noticed that the baby's face is quite yellow. What should I do? The forehead isn't yellow, just the cheeks and face. I haven't taken the baby to the hospital yet. What could be the cause of this symptom?Doctor's answer:
The baby's complexion is yellow, but other parts of the body are normal. Considering that physiological jaundice has not subsided. Neonatal jaundice, clinically includes pathological jaundice, physiological jaundice, and breast milk jaundice. Only pathological jaundice can lead to bilirubin encephalopathy, irreversible brain damage. Pathological jaundice requires blue light irradiation and symptomatic drug treatment. Physiological jaundice and breast milk jaundice do not require drug treatment.