Question
Female, 26 years old, my child was just born and diagnosed with neonatal jaundice. How should neonatal jaundice be treated?
Answer
Neonatal jaundice, first considered as physiological jaundice, can usually disappear completely within 2 weeks if not too severe. If the jaundice is more severe or persists, it is pathological jaundice and requires hospitalization. If there are no secondary neuron diseases, the symptoms you described should be physiological jaundice. Pay attention to the baby’s warmth, feed appropriately in advance, provide sufficient water and energy, and expel meconium early to increase the enterohepatic circulation of bilirubin, which can reduce the severity of physiological jaundice.