Patient's question:
Baby has been born for a week, but recently it has started to show some jaundice. I don't know how to determine if it's high jaundice, and it's not very convenient to go to the hospital for a thorough check-up. I would like to ask you how to visually determine the severity of jaundice in a newborn?Doctor's answer:
Confirm how the baby has jaundice. Look at how the baby's sclera turns yellow (the white area between the black pupil and the outer corner of the eye turning yellow indicates that the child has jaundice. Assess the severity of jaundice. Jaundice is generally divided into three levels: mild, moderate, and severe. If the baby's facial skin is yellow but other parts of the skin are not, the jaundice level is mild. If the baby's chest, abdomen, and limbs (above the elbows and knees) are yellow, it indicates that the baby is in the moderate jaundice stage.