Patient's question:
A newborn is only 7 days old. The severe jaundice doctor needs to have a blood-letting treatment. Hello, is there a risk to life? On the third day of birth, it started to feel a bit feverish, and the doctor prescribed fever-reducing medication. However, on the fifth day, the fever returned. Currently, the temperature is... Hello, can newborn jaundice be treated by exchanging the parents' blood?Doctor's answer:
The standard for jaundice intervention formulated by the Pediatric Division of the Chinese Medical Association requires that full-term newborns with a total bilirubin level of 418 should be discharged. It is important to follow the doctor's advice and not to act on one's own initiative blindly. High levels of bilirubin in the blood may lead to neonatal bilirubin encephalopathy. If this occurs, it can result in 100% of affected newborns leaving behind sequelae. Therefore, it is still advisable to follow the doctor's advice to discharge the baby as early as possible, as doctors generally have high medical ethics.