Typically, shortly after the baby was born in purple (cyanosis), and some time after breathing in the room temperature, the newborn skin changes color to pink as a baby's high hemoglobin levels. But the hands and feet of newborn baby still looks purple because the blood circulation in hands and feet of newborn slower.
Over time, the color pink on the skin of the newborn will be reduced because the hemoglobin level begins to fall until it reaches the normal level in accordance with the required baby. In the RES cells and liver cells, hemoglobin is then split itself into biliverdin and then changed again into billirubin.
Due to the high amount of hemoglobin, the yield levels of bilirubin in the blood are high. Bilirubin is a toxic substance that must be removed by the liver. On the other side of the liver in newborn infants have not developed properly and is unable to remove bilirubin with a maximum. This is what causes your baby to turn yellow and is known as a disease or yellow jaundice.
But there are also some other things that can increase the chances of a yellow baby, that baby's mother suffered from diabetes, and infectious disease in infants, such as meningitis and urinary tract infections.
Generally, will last three or four days and will slowly fade away. Infants who received breast milk will usually recover faster than infants who received formula milk.
When you begin to look yellow in a few days, you should immediately see a doctor. Usually the doctor will soon take the baby's blood sample to ensure blood bilirubin levels in infants.
If bilirubin levels are not too high, doctors usually only recommend to increase the intake of breast milk more than usual. But if it is proved levels of bilirubin in your baby's blood is high, then your baby need to get more intensive treatment. And if the increase in bilirubin levels very quickly, then the baby will be placed in a special box and will get phototherapy. This therapy is done with the purpose to help break down bilirubin in the infant's skin.
Phototherapy on the process of your baby will be exposed to special light-colored white, blue or green continuously. Baby's eyes will be closed to protect it from light.
Situation worsened when the baby's bilirubin levels in the blood of more than 20mg/dL. The infant requires a blood replacement is to remove the baby's blood and replace it with new blood transfusion results.
Neonatal jaundice is not a serious problem for the baby, if baby is getting the right diagnosis and treatment.
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