Tips on How to Overcome Jaundice in Infants - Baby yellow (jaundice) may be caused by two factors as pathological (disease) or due to physiological. Yellow you need to be aware of is yellow due to pathological. Normally, red blood cells in the body will be broken down and converted into bilirubin by the liver. This solution aims to be removed easily in the form of feces and urine. However, because the liver in newborns has not been working properly, the disposal of bilirubin becomes slow. This leads to accumulation of bilirubin in the body so that the baby's face and the skin yellow.
However, one thing you need to know that newborns and only drink breast milk will usually look yellow in the first and second week after birth. This is an unusual physiological symptoms and are harmless.
To detect infants suffering from jaundice due to illness or because of physiological, is usually enough to see the whites of the eyes while feeding. If the baby's eyes are yellow means the baby has yellow pathological.
How do I cope with jaundice in babies?
If the baby yellow pathological, should be immediately taken to the doctor. If a late lead to bilirubin buried at the base of the brain. Such conditions can lead to death. In addition, bilirubin causing blockages that can lead to liver cirrhosis (liver damage). If this happens needs to be done surgically.
If the state of bilirubin is still mild, fairly maintained so as not Decreased body fluids, ie by giving breast milk every two hours.
Can also use blue light therapy. It could also be replaced directly by drying in the morning sun.
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