Jaundice in newborns: signs, causes, effect, treatment. When does the jaundice occur in newborns?

The article will describe the causes of the appearance, symptoms and methods of treatment of jaundice in newborns.

Young parents are often frightened by the fact that their newborn baby begins to turn yellow, as if with jaundice.

And although the jaundice in newborns is a difficult period in the life of the baby, it's not worth it. This is quite a natural process, which all the kids are going through. If there are fears, consult a pediatrician. He will more accurately establish the diagnosis and indicate the causes of the disease.

There are several types of jaundice in infants:

• Mechanical jaundice. This kind of disease occurs if bile can not normally separate from the liver. This is due to the violation of the bile duct, bile ducts. There is stagnation of bile, which causes the symptoms of jaundice
• Physiological. This type of jaundice is normal for infants and is due to physiological changes in the body of
• Carotin. It arises because of the excessive content of carotene in the diet of meter( with breastfeeding).Carotene is found in orange foods: carrots, orange, pumpkin

Symptoms of jaundice in children: mechanical, carotene, physiological

• Physiological jaundice usually occurs in the first month of life, but not immediately after the birth of
• But mechanical jaundice may occur several days after birth, when the physiological changes have not yet come
• Also, it is necessary to take into account the fact of infecting the kid with pathogenic organisms that adversely affect the liver
• To diagnose the type of jaundice itselfIt is extremely difficult, it must be done by an expert. External symptoms hardly distinguish one type of disease from another
• When jaundice the skin of the baby and the whites of the eyes acquire a yellow tint, the chair may break. With physiological jaundice, the symptoms go away after 2 to 3 weeks.

Symptoms of jelly

Causes of physiological yellowing

• One of the products of the decomposition of hemoglobin, which is contained in the blood, is the substance bilirubin. It is able to color the skin of a person in a yellowish color.
• Bilirubin appears in large quantities in the blood of newborns, as physiological changes in
• begin. When an infant is in the womb, then in its erythrocytes there is one kind of hemoglobin. When he begins to breathe lungs, he changes to another
• . Old hemoglobin is destroyed, actively decays and turns into bilirubin.
• . Bilirubin enters the kid's liver and is neutralized by enzymes. However, its so much in this period that the load is not colossal liver
• Further bilirubin goes along with the urine. The jelly ceases when all the decay products are removed from the body.

. The effects of the

• jaundice. If the jaundice is physiological, then it will not bear any negative consequences.
• . More than 60% of children suffer from yellowing, if the baby is not full, this percentage is still increasing
• In rare casesthere may be complications that affect the nervous system of the baby
• If the level of bilirubin is too high, then it can not completely be eliminated from the body. Then the pathological changes of
• are possible. If the norm is exceeded, the baby begins to shout monotonously or becomes sluggish and does not apply to the chest.
• . If these symptoms occur, consult a doctor

immediately. Consequences of the jelly

Bilirubin in neonatal jaundice: elevated and norm

There is a table that indicates the norm of bilirubin in the baby's blood. You can check the amount of this substance by passing a blood test.

Norm of bilirubin in newborns

When does the jaundice occur in newborn infants?

• Jaundice in infants can begin as early as 4 to 5 days after birth
• Usually it lasts up to three weeks, gradually decreasing
• Already on day 21, the icicle must completely pass
• In rare cases, the icterus lasts longer. But for this there are a number of physiological causes of

Month to the child, and the jelly does not pass: why?

• If the jelly does not go through the month, it means that the cycle of bilirubin has failed and it is not excreted from the body as it should
• This can happen due to liver dysfunction. Perhaps there were some birth defects or hepatitis. A prolonged icterus can indicate that the liver simply can not cope with the excretion of bilirubin
• . Also, bile stagnation can occur due to incorrect functioning of the gallbladder and biliary tract
• Another reason is the excessive amount of bilirubin that does not stop appearing. This is due to rare blood diseases

If the jaundice does not go through the month

Treatment of the jaundice

• The icterus usually occurs under the supervision of the pediatrician
• If everything goes as normal, the jelly does not require treatment with the use of medications
• One of the recommendations for easy flow of thisdisease - being under the sun's rays. However, for the child's body this is not entirely useful. Therefore, special lamps are used.
• We recommend abundant drinking and frequent feeding. This provokes good liver function
• In rare cases, when the norm of bilirubin exceeds scale, drugs are applied and the blood transfusion is made
• . If the jaundice appeared not only as a result of physiological causes, but because of mechanical changes, additional treatment is prescribed.
• . Any procedures and medication takehold strictly under the care of the pediatrician

Lamp for yellowing: how much to lie?

• The procedure for using a lamp with a yellowish liquid is called
• phototherapy. It is under the influence of bright light rays that harmful bilirubin begins to be actively removed.
• Phototherapy is completely safe for the baby's body.
• . When the jelly is normally flowing, the lamp is used for several hours per day.
• In case of severe leakage, the child is placed under the lamp in almostany free time
• Phototherapy and its norm will be able to appoint a pediatrician, assessing the condition of the newborn

Lamp with jelly

Ursofalk for nvorozhdennyh from zheltushki

• Ursofalk - a drug for the protection and maintenance of liver
• Usually it is assigned if zheltushka laid
• extends longer time for newborns Ursofalk discharged as a slurry. Usually prescribe 10 ml of the drug for 1 kg of the weight of the baby
• Ursofalk is used before bed
• Ursofalk has side effects and contraindications
• Use the drug only after consulting a doctor

Hofitol with a jaundice in newborns

• Hofitol is a preparation based on natural artichoke extract. It activates the flow of bile and simplifies
• liver When applying Hofitol bilirubin starts displayed significantly more active
• For application use Hofitol solution, which is assigned a doctor
• usually administered 1 to 3 drops of the drug three times a day
• Adverse effects with hofitola was not detected. But like other medicines, it should be used with caution and under the supervision of the pediatrician

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