About the jaundice of newborns knows almost every mommy. Tell me what the concept of jaundice means. Jaundice is the general condition of the organism of a newborn when his skin becomes yellow. On the color of the skin of his baby Mom should pay attention and immediately consult with the doctor. The task of the doctor to determine whether the yellowness of the skin is safe or necessary to beat the alarm.
According to statistics, the jaundice appears in 50% of newborns of docking kids on the second or third day after birth and passes in a week. In premature babies, the jaundice appears in 80 cases out of 100, usually yellowing of the skin can be seen by 5-7 days. It takes yellow after two months from the birth.
All moms should be aware of the fact that the jaundice in a newborn can be physiological, that is, not dangerous, and maybe the pathological, when bilirubin indicators are very high. In any cases, the doctor's consultation is necessary.
Physiological jaundice can manifest itself in a healthy child in the first days of life. His skin will have a yellowish tint. To pay attention to the baby's skin is needed in the case when it is painted in an intense yellow color, when the yellowness is clearly visible on the tummy and legs of the child. If the baby was born from nature with dark skin, then the manifestations of the jaundice clearly visible on the heels and palms of the child, the proteins of the eyeballs.
If the child was born a docking, the manifestation of yellowness can pass within one or two weeks. If the baby is prevented - much more time will need.
Why is this happening
If the baby fell ill with infectious jaundice, then it is necessary to completely different treatment. In rare cases, the identification of a newborn rhesv factor can also cause jaundice. Currently, it is a big rarity, since all pregnant women hand over the necessary tests, including for reserves conflict. If the future mother has a negative rhesus factor, in the event of a conflict, appropriate treatment will be proposed.
After the birth of the kid, whom Mom is rhesus-negative, also gives blood analysis. If necessary, the newborn will be conducted a course of sensitization (rezes-immunization). In very rare cases, when the kid has jaundice against the background of the conflict - the baby can only be reserved blood.
How to check if a child has a physiological yellowness
Many young parents are concerned that they can miss the manifestation of the jaundice of newborns. To this not happened, you should know:
- Watch out the skin of the child with good lighting.
- Press the kid in the native or Lobik.
- If after you remove your finger, the skin will remain yellow - you need to consult a doctor for advice.
- You also need to pay attention to the color of the gum of the child.
- Child's chair can be very poor.
To help the baby
When the child was detected by the jaundice of a newborn, its treatment should be performed only under the supervision of doctors. But if the child is in hospital treatment, the help of mom is just necessary.
What a mother can do for his child:
- Mom can not be nervous, as the taste of milk can change.
- If my mother is nervous, it can even disappear milk.
- If mom feeds a child with early milk (colostrum), it best displays extra bilirubin.
- Try to walk with a child outdoors.
- In the summer you can arrange a child summer baths on the street, when there is no wind.
We watch the baby at home
After childbirth, mom with newborn is discharged home. Doctors recommend to inspect the skin of the child, inspect the child on the fifth day of his life.
To check the child on the first signs of jaundice, you need:
- Split baby and intently examine his skin. Spend inspection in the morning and in the evening.
- Your kid is dark and it is not easy for you to determine the color - look at the proteins of his eyes.
- Consider the fact that a naked child can quickly freeze, so it is better to cover it with a diaper and after a minute of words to continue inspection.
- If you notice signs of the yellowing of the skin, consult a doctor.
Every day, inspect the skin of the baby at the same time, in one room, with one lighting. If you notice that the baby turns yellow, contact your children's consultation.
If the baby was detected by the jaundice and you were not offered to treat it in the hospital, and left at home, it means that you can handle it faster. For treatment prescribed to take into herbal fees (choleretic), rosehip berries (no more than 5 pieces). Ursosan and Creon and Creon and Creon were well established, but if the doctor did not appoint you medication treatment, it is impossible to polish.
You also need to not forget to give a child to drink plenty of water - about 200 ml per day.
Tips young mom
There are cases when moms believe that they will cope with a jaundice at home, putting a breeding child on the windowsill under the straight sunshine. It is incorrect, the level of bilirubin will not decrease in this way, and the child can get skin burn.
Many mammies believe that if their child has a yellow skin, it is impossible to breastfeed it and stop breastfeeding. It is not right. If the child has no other deviations, and physiological jaundice has been revealed - it is possible to feed in breast milk and need. And feed the baby need more than 10 times a day.
Perhaps breast milk due to frequent feedings will miss, then a woman needs to drink lactation herbal teas that will contribute to improving milk generation. And if the baby was put in the hospital, mom needs to direct all the forces to preserve lactation, it is necessary to push the milk in those hours when the baby should have eaten. Can be transferred to the hospital in the hospital to feed the baby.
And you should not worry about the yellowness of your child's skin, a week will take place, and you will forget about this phenomenon, and there will be many new happy moments in your life. be healthy!
