Patient's question:
When the baby was born, the head was squeezed, resulting in a large hematoma, which caused high jaundice. The baby was hospitalized and underwent blue light treatment. Now, the baby has been hospitalized for 5 days, and the jaundice has decreased after blue light treatment. What should be done about neonatal jaundice and infection on the head?Doctor's answer:
Neonatal jaundice, clinically including 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. No medication is required. The baby's condition may be caused by hemolytic jaundice or infectious jaundice. If blue light is stopped, jaundice will recur. It is recommended to check and treat.