What to do with neonatal jaundice Analysis of the wonderful use of probiotics for jaundice

After birth, most newborn babies will have jaundice of varying severity, so to speak, nine out of ten newborns will have "Minions". Jaundice can be a symptom of normal development, a manifestation of certain diseases, and in severe cases, brain damage. However, many parents do not know how to take care of their babies in the jaundice stage, and some even blindly treat them without medical advice, which is very likely to adversely affect the healthy growth of the baby.

How much do you know about "jaundice" in newborns?

Neonatal jaundice refers to the neonatal period, due to the liver function is not fully developed, bilirubin metabolism is poor, resulting in an increase in the level of bilirubin in the blood, and the appearance of skin, mucous membranes and sclera yellow staining as the characteristics of the disease, is the most common problem in the neonatal period, severe cases can occur neonatal bilirubin encephalopathy, the sequelae of the nervous system. In general, it can be divided into three types: physiological jaundice, pathological jaundice and breast milk jaundice:

1. Physiological jaundice: caused by bilirubin's own metabolic characteristics, most babies will be "hit", generally starting to appear in 2-3 days after birth, entering the peak period in 4-6 days, and the jaundice will fade within a week to half a month.

2. Pathological jaundice: jaundice appears too early (within 24 hours after birth) and resolves too late. Clinically, urinary tract infection and fever are the most common causes, while others include: sepsis, biliary occlusion, neonatal hepatitis, hypothyroidism, congenital hemolytic diseases and congenital metabolic abnormalities, among which biliary atresia is the most serious and needs to be treated as soon as possible.

3. Breast milk jaundice: jaundice starts 4-7 days after birth and lasts for about 2 months, mainly with elevated unconjugated bilirubin, and no other clinical symptoms.

Generally speaking, except for severe jaundice and pathological jaundice that need to be treated with blue light, there is no need for hospitalization for mild jaundice, as long as the cause of jaundice in babies is closely monitored and identified in time, and active symptomatic care is sufficient, such as adequate feeding to promote metabolism, moderate daily bathing to reduce jaundice, and exercise to shorten the duration of jaundice. In addition, since probiotics are effective for all degrees of jaundice, doctors generally recommend that parents supplement their babies with probiotics (such as Ecoxin probiotic powder) to eliminate jaundice.

Probiotics have a great way to deal with jaundice - build up the intestinal flora and reduce jaundice

The biggest effect of supplementing probiotics is to help babies quickly establish normal intestinal flora, enhance intestinal vitality, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, and avoid constipation, thereby reducing the reabsorption of bilirubin by the hepatic and intestinal circulation and increasing bilirubin excretion. At the same time, after giving probiotics to the baby, its metabolites can reduce the intestinal pH value, reduce the activity of glucuronidase in the intestine, prevent the decomposition of conjugated bilirubin into unconjugated bilirubin, and the amount of unconjugated bilirubin decreases, and the level of bilirubin in the serum will begin to decrease.The dual effect can effectively shorten the treatment time of neonatal jaundice, speed up the resolution of baby jaundice, and promote recovery.

Newborn Baby's Health Helper - Strengthen intestinal immune defense

The intestinal tract not only plays an important role in digestion and absorption, but also the largest immune organ in the human body to prevent diseases, which is inseparable from the important role of intestinal flora. Although the gastrointestinal tract of babies is sterile at birth, with the influence of feeding methods and external environment, especially the intestinal system of infants and young children is not yet mature, it is particularly susceptible to the invasion of germs, and harmful bacteria will begin to colonize and survive, so that the intestinal immune function is very fragile.

At this time, if you supplement your baby with some probiotics, you can balance the number of beneficial bacteria in the intestines, produce organic acids and other substances, prevent the growth and reproduction of harmful bacteria, and reduce the probability of harmful bacteria and germs breaking through the defense line to enter the body, so as to maintain the balance of intestinal flora and improve intestinal immunity.After the establishment of normal intestinal flora, the baby can also have a strong intestinal immune system, and the chance of diarrhea, constipation, bloating, indigestion and other symptoms will be reduced.