Pathological jaundice

Jaundice is more common in newborns than at any other age, and its etiology is special and complex. It includes both physiological and pathological jaundice, and breast milk jaundice. These situations should be treated differently. If the child develops jaundice or develops too quickly within 24 hours after birth, it lasts for a long time, and may even be accompanied by anemia, abnormal body temperature, poor feeding, vomiting, and abnormal urine color. Some are recurrent and aggravated after the jaundice has subsided or alleviated, and most of them are pathological jaundice. Common causes of pathological jaundice are neonatal hemolytic disease, neonatal infection, biliary malformations, and neonatal hepatitis.

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