What are the bad habits of pregnant mothers related to the occurrence of baby jaundice?

Generally speaking, the baby's jaundice has little to do with the mother's fatigue or diet during pregnancy. Causes of jaundice

Jaundice is a phenomenon that occurs in many newborns, because when the baby is still in the mother's belly, it relies on the placenta to supply blood and oxygen, but the mother's body belongs to a hypoxic environment, and the baby needs more red blood cells to carry oxygen to supply.

After the baby was born, because the environment changed, the baby began to breathe oxygen directly with the lungs, so there was no need for so many red blood cells. Those extra red blood cells will decompose to produce bilirubin. However, the newborn's liver function is not mature enough to excrete too much bilirubin, so it accumulates in the blood, and all the skin, mucosa and sclera of the newborn are yellow, and systemic jaundice appears.

The skin of most newborns will turn yellow slowly in 2~3 days after birth, and it will turn yellow most obviously on the 7th day after birth. Under normal circumstances, the baby's jaundice will gradually subside in 7 ~ 1 days. If the baby has no discomfort, it doesn't need treatment, just feed a little glucose water or bask in the sun. Distinguish the type of jaundice < P > Physiological jaundice < P > After 2 ~ 3 days of birth, the baby's eyes and skin will appear yellowing symptoms, and the yellowing is the most obvious at 6~7 days after birth.

Physiological jaundice generally has mild symptoms, and usually begins to fade slowly after 7-1 days. It takes about 1 ~ 14 days for mixed feeding or artificial feeding babies to gradually fade away, while it takes longer for exclusively breast-fed babies to fade away.

Pathological jaundice

If jaundice appears within 24 hours after the baby is born, and the symptoms are more serious, or it reappears after the jaundice decreases, and the color gradually deepens, accompanied by other symptoms, then the baby may be pathological jaundice and needs to go to the hospital as soon as possible.

Breast-milk jaundice

mostly occurs in exclusively breast-fed babies. Because the activity of β -glucuronidase in breast milk is much higher than that in milk and formula milk, the combined bilirubin is decomposed again, and bilirubin is repeatedly absorbed in the small intestine after the baby sucks milk, thus causing jaundice.

Breast-milk jaundice lasts for a long time, up to 2 ~ 3 months at the longest, but the symptoms will not get worse, but gradually fade with the increase of months, so most of them do not need treatment. How to take care of a baby with jaundice

Observe the change of jaundice carefully

Jaundice starts from the head and ends at the feet, in which the eyes are the earliest to turn yellow and end at the latest, so you can observe from the eyes first. If the baby's skin color is getting yellow, the spirit and appetite are not good, or the body temperature is unstable, drowsy, and prone to screaming and crying, it is recommended to go to the hospital for examination.

Observe the color of baby's stool

If the color of baby's stool turns pale or even white, or it is clay color, it may be that there is something wrong with the liver and biliary tract, and the body suddenly turns yellow again, you need to see a doctor.

It should not be too dark at home

Usually, it should not be too dark at home. Try to let the natural light shine down and let the baby bask in the sun properly during the day.

Excretion of bilirubin

Fetal stool contains a lot of bilirubin, so it should be cleaned as soon as possible, and enough water should be given to the baby, which is conducive to excretion of bilirubin.