When neonatal jaundice persists, consider blue light therapy and liver function tests to ensure the baby’s health.
This article discusses the differences between Hepatitis B carriers and patients.
A 10-year-old child, considering tonsillectomy, discovers elevated liver function indices ALT and AST, prompting further investigation and treatment.
When newborn jaundice recurs, how should parents cope? This article provides professional advice, including medication treatment, blue light therapy, and daily care tips.
Understanding the severe consequences of high jaundice in newborns, including the impact on intelligence due to lycopene brain disease, as well as necessary diagnostic and treatment measures.
Discuss the treatment options for neonatal jaundice when the bilirubin index reaches 18.5, including medication, fluid supplementation, and blue light therapy when necessary.
Patients are concerned about the size of liver hemangioma and spleen, as well as the results of liver function tests.
I am the mother of a female baby, who is over 20 days old. Her skin has turned yellow, and the doctor said it’s high jaundice. I went to the hospital and checked, and it was 12.1. The doctor asked me not to feed her milk the next day for a blood test. I’ve done the four-pronged prenatal test and liver function test. Here are the results: alkaline phosphatase, high jaundice in babies. What should I do?
A newborn’s transcutaneous bilirubin test index reached 18 on the second day after birth. The mother has O-negative blood type, and the child has B-positive blood type. The baby is taking a herba artemisiae annua medication, and the doctor recommends hospitalization. The child’s older sister experienced similar symptoms and they subsided on their own. Questions include whether blue light therapy is needed, how to diagnose hemolytic jaundice, and where to conduct liver function tests.
Typically, babies can have liver function tests at around 2 months or 6 months old, which helps in early detection and prevention of the impact of hepatitis B virus.