Is infectious jaundice serious Can hemolytic jaundice be cured
Most people may know that jaundice in children is formed by physiological jaundice most of the time, so parents at this time do not need to worry too much about this jaundice phenomenon will naturally subside in about a week. However, there is also a pathological form of jaundice, which is caused by a viral infection in children. So how serious is viral jaundice for children?
How is infectious jaundice diagnosed
How to diagnose infectious jaundice? There are many causes of pathological jaundice in young children, and one of the causes is infection. Bacterial and viral infections can worsen jaundice and cause pneumonia to develop. Therefore, infectious jaundice must go to the hospital for treatment, find out the infectious factors and then carry out targeted treatment, especially within 1 weekprematureand children with severe hypoxia, acidosis, intracranial lesions, and severe infections to avoid adverse consequences.
In the first week of birth, young children will have yellow skin discoloration, which is determined by the characteristics of bilirubin metabolism in young children. Generally speaking, the degree of jaundice in young children is mild, which is physiological jaundice, and parents do not need to be overly nervous. Common jaundice causes are: hemolytic jaundice, infectious jaundice, obstructive jaundice, breast milk jaundice, etc., young children with severe jaundice should be alert to the occurrence of kernicterus, especially immature infants, the younger the age of the month, the higher the incidence, generally within 12-48 hours after the occurrence of severe jaundice, malaise, drowsiness, weakness in sucking, hypotonia, vomiting, not feeding and other symptoms. For the observation of the degree of yellowing of the skin of young children, if only the yellowing of the face is mild, the trunk is pressed with the fingers of the skin and then lifted, and the yellowing of the skin of the trunk is moderate. Observe the limbs and hands and feet in the same way, if there is also yellow staining, it is severe yellow staining, and you should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.
Can hemolytic jaundice be cured
Hemolytic jaundice is very harmful to newborn babies. When hemolytic jaundice occurs, the baby not only has jaundice on the skin, sclera, etc., but also the nerve cells in the brain core may also have jaundice, that is, the formation of nuclear jaundice, which may cause the baby to be paralyzed for life, and affect the baby's intellectual development, and will also cause hearing impairment, so it is urgent to treat the baby with jaundice.
How to treat hemolytic jaundice? First of all, it depends on whether the baby's jaundice is very serious, and the newborn baby with unserious jaundice can be irradiated under a blue fluorescent lamp to accelerate the oxidation of indirect bilirubin, so as to achieve the effect of reducing jaundice or with the treatment of drugs. For severe babies, exchange blood and blood transfusion should be adopted as soon as possible, and blood with appropriate blood type should be used to replace blood with antibodies. The sooner the exchange transfusion, the better, to reduce hemolysis and prevent the development of kernicterus. In particular, newborn babies with severe anemia should be treated with blood transfusions.
Mothers should be reminded that it is best to wait until the condition is controlled and stabilized before breastfeeding to prevent jaundice from worsening. In addition, jaundice is accompanied by fever, refusal to breastfeed, poor spirit, drowsiness, dull eyes and other symptoms, parents need to carefully observe the baby's state and jaundice changes, when there are special circumstances, should be sent to the hospital in time, ask for help from doctors.