Get To Know 5 Signs Of Normal Yellow Baby

Illustration of jaundice in babies (freepic)

YOGYAKARTA Baby skin turns yellow on the second or third day after birth often makes parents panic. In fact, this condition is very common and tends to be harmless. However, in some cases, conditions may become a sign of serious illness that needs quick treatment. To increase vigilance, parents need to know the normal signs of a yellow baby.

According to AI-Care, a yellow disease in babies arises because babies produce more bilirubin than can be processed by the liver. As a result, the level of bilirubin in the baby's blood increases so that the baby's skin looks yellow.

If the mother can breastfeed smoothly, this yellow condition can subside by itself for several days.

Furthermore, the yellow disease in newborns is said to be normal if there are certain signs or characteristics possessed by the baby.

Citing the Mayo Health Clinic page, the following are signs of a normal yellow baby to note:

The first sign of a normal yellow baby is that all parts of the little one's body will turn yellow, starting from the face, chest, stomach, legs, and several other body parts.

This sign is quite difficult to identify if the baby has soiled or dark sawo skin. However, this can be known by paying attention to the color of the baby's palm, whether it turns yellow or not.

To find out whether the baby has a yellow disease or not, parents can also pay attention to the baby's white eye. If the color turns yellow, it is a sign that the little one has a normal yellow disease.

If your little one takes out a deep black urine or thick yellow, it could be a sign that the condition of the yellowing baby is normal or does not suffer from any disease.

Babies who do not suffer from jaundice generally issue yellowish feces towards orange.

While in babies with normal yellow diseases, the feces tend to be pale, like pale yellow.

For additional information, parents can also gently press on the forehead or nose of the baby. If after that, the squeezed facial skin looks yellowing, this could be a sign that your little one has a yellow disease. The yellow behavior does not reach the chest and still wants to breastfeed, then this yellow is still normal.

Newborn babies are said to have normal yellow disease aka physiological jaundice if yellow appears at the age of 2-3 days and disappears from the 7th day, a maximum of 21st.

If the yellow symptoms still occur for more than 3 weeks or even more, then there is a possibility that the baby will experience other disorders, such as infection, liver problems, or blood problems.

A medical evaluation is needed to determine the exact causes and treatments for a baby that has been in yellow for more than 3 weeks.

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