Patient's question:
What are the differences between physiological jaundice and pathological jaundice, and is it necessary to undergo blue light treatment!Doctor's answer:
The difference between physiological jaundice and pathological jaundice is easy to distinguish. If it reappears within 24 hours after birth, with daily serum bilirubin levels increasing by less than 5 mg/dL or more than 0.5 mg/dL per hour; if it persists for more than 2 weeks in full-term infants or more than 4 weeks in preterm infants, even if it fades, relieves, or disappears and then reappears again. Since you haven't described the time, it's impossible to determine whether it's pathological jaundice or not. If it is pathological jaundice, further tests are required.