Question
My wife is due to give birth in a week, and I’ve heard that newborns can have jaundice, which can be dangerous if it’s high and might require hospitalization. I’m a bit worried now and want to know how to prevent the baby’s jaundice from being too high. I want to ask how to avoid neonatal jaundice?
Answer
Every newborn baby will have jaundice, which is caused by a high bilirubin level in the body, a type of toxin. To prevent neonatal jaundice from being too high, the following precautions should be taken: give the baby more water, more glucose water, more sun exposure, and encourage the baby to defecate more frequently, which will help the jaundice to clear up faster. If the jaundice does not improve after the postpartum period, you should not administer any preventive shots and must go to the hospital for blue light therapy treatment.