Patient's question:
My child was just born last week, and then we noticed that his body was particularly yellow. So we took him to the hospital for a thorough examination, and it was found that he had neonatal hemolytic disease. Now, it might have caused great worry for our whole family, as the child is so young. I would like to ask if neonatal hemolytic disease can heal on its own?Doctor's answer:
Hemolytic disease of the newborn is mainly caused by blood type incompatibility between spouses, such as the mother being type O, while the father being non-O increases the likelihood of recurrence. Early mild hemolytic anemia can be self-cured. The principle of self-curing hemolytic disease is to correct anemia, serum bilirubin levels, and comprehensively prevent heart failure to prevent recurrence of bilirubin encephalopathy. When serum bilirubin exceeds phototherapy standards, timely phototherapy needs to be implemented. Drug treatment, dispersion treatment, etc.