Question
My nephew’s son was born with physiological jaundice. How can we alleviate newborn physiological jaundice?
Answer
Feeding the newborn within 30 minutes after birth allows them to receive colostrum, thereby alleviating the newborn’s physiological jaundice. During daily breastfeeding, pay attention to the baby’s need for breast milk. In the stage of newborn physiological jaundice, ensuring early and sufficient energy intake for the newborn can facilitate early excretion of meconium and establish a normal intestinal flora, thereby reducing the absorption of bilirubin from the intestines, which is beneficial for the regression of the newborn’s jaundice. At the same time, it is necessary to ensure adequate hydration to prevent an increase in blood concentration and bilirubin levels.