How to measure the jaundice value of your baby at home?

Many babies will have jaundice after birth,** and yellowing of the eyes, most of which are physiological jaundice. But it should also be noted that as long as the jaundice index slowly decreases, there is no major problem. So how to test your baby for jaundice at home?

1.If a mother wants to measure her baby's jaundice at home, she must have a special instrument, and if she does not have this instrument, she can judge it by observation. You can press the baby's **, observe the **color change, and then observe the color change of the baby's white eyeball, if the degree of yellowing has been reduced, it means that the jaundice is subsiding.

2.If the baby's face is yellow, there is jaundice, but the symptoms are not very serious. You can take the baby outside to bask in the sun, in the process of basking in the sun, let the jaundice ** contact the sun as much as possible, but you must pay attention to protect the baby's eyes and avoid direct sunlight.

3.Breastfeeding also helps the baby to reduce yellowing, if the jaundice is not serious, you can continue to breastfeed, and the baby's jaundice will slowly subside. If the baby's jaundice never subsides, or the symptoms worsen, it may be pathological jaundice and you need to seek medical attention in time**.

The phenomenon of baby jaundice is very common, if it is determined to be physiological jaundice, the mother only needs to do a good job of daily care. However, if it is pathological jaundice, it is necessary to seek medical attention in time**, so as not to delay the condition and affect the baby's health.

If you want to measure the jaundice value of your baby at home, you have to look at his face and head to see his yellow gall, that is, to see whether his ** color is yellow, severe or slightly yellow, and check the jaundice value by visual inspection.

Measuring the jaundice value of your baby at home requires professional instruments, and you can't measure it randomly. Generally, professional instruments are available in hospitals, but now they can also be rented online, I rented them on the medical small rental app before, and directly SF Air delivered to home, the instructions are particularly detailed, you can refer to it.

<> most newborns are susceptible to jaundice. Jaundice is divided into physiological jaundice and pathological jaundice, and the occurrence of jaundice is mainly due to the increase of serum bilirubin, which leads to yellowing of the patient's **, mucous membranes and other parts. When your baby has symptoms of jaundice, you need to go to the hospital**.

So, how do newborns test for jaundice at home?

Newborns are not able to measure jaundice at home, and they need an instrument to measure jaundice, and this kind of instrument is only available in hospitals, so the detection of jaundice still needs to be done in a regular hospital. However, when parents are at home, they can observe the degree of yellowing of the baby's condition according to the baby's face, hands and feet.

If it is physiological jaundice, then parents do not have to worry too much. At this time, pay more attention to the baby's feeding situation, let the baby defecate more, can expel bilirubin from the body, so that the baby's jaundice symptoms disappear. However, parents should pay attention to hydrating the baby, so that the baby can excrete bilirubin from the body.

Also, the baby's physiological jaundice will resolve on its own after a few weeks.

If it is pathological jaundice, then parents need to pay attention to the baby's diet and let the baby's body excrete bilirubin, parents need to take the baby to the hospital**. In this case, blue light is generally required**, so when it is determined that the baby is pathologically jaundice, it is necessary to go to the blue light incubator**. At the same time, it is necessary to pay attention to the changes of bilirubin in the baby's body at all times, so that doctors can take countermeasures.

At home, you can help your child measure jaundice by visual observation or percutaneous bile measurement. Many children will have jaundice after birth, most of them are physiological jaundice, and the level of jaundice will not be particularly high, therefore, when the newborn is at home, it can first be observed by the naked eye, that is, to see the child's ** color with the eyes, to help judge the changes in jaundice. If the jaundice gradually worsens or gradually decreases, it indicates that the jaundice is gradually worsening or decreasing.

Of course, visual observation is not particularly accurate, and it cannot be used as an accurate standard to judge whether a child has jaundice, or the degree of jaundice, so percutaneous bile testing can also be used. Parents may also need to rent a percutaneous cholemeter because it is relatively expensive and may not be able to afford it, so you can rent a percutaneous cholemeter. Transcutaneous bile measurement is a non-invasive measurement method, and it is also a colorimetric method, through a small instrument, which can more accurately determine how high the level of jaundice is.

The percutaneous bile test is not as accurate as the blood test, but the percutaneous bile test is still very accurate in judging the change trend of the child's jaundice, so you can also consider renting a percutaneous bile test to help us judge the level of jaundice in the child more accurately.