What to do if your newborn's tears turn yellow

If parents find that their newborn's tears are yellow, this is mainly caused by high bilirubin. They should check the child's liver function in time. If it is due to physiological reasons, they should let the baby get more sun. If it is severe jaundice, they must seek treatment in time. For newborns, jaundice is relatively harmful to children, so they must do a good job of protecting the liver.

What to do if your newborn's tears turn yellow

1. Determine the degree of jaundice. Parents can observe the degree of yellowing of the newborn's skin under natural light. If only the face is yellow, it is mild jaundice; if the skin on the trunk is yellow, it is moderate jaundice; if the limbs and the palms and soles of the feet are also yellow, it is severe jaundice.

2. Observe the color of stool. If the stool is clay-colored, pathological jaundice should be considered, which is mostly caused by congenital bile duct malformations. If the jaundice is severe, associated symptoms occur, or the stool color is abnormal, you should go to the hospital immediately to avoid delaying treatment.

3. Expel meconium as soon as possible. Because meconium contains a lot of bilirubin, if the meconium is not completely discharged, the bilirubin will be reabsorbed into the blood through the special enterohepatic circulation of the newborn, causing jaundice to increase.

4. Give the newborn plenty of water. Too little urination is not conducive to the excretion of bilirubin.

5. During the jaundice period, pay attention to providing enough sugar water and heat, and protect the liver.

6. If jaundice appears too early or disappears too late, or the jaundice is too severe, or it gradually improves and then worsens again, and if the baby has clinical symptoms such as poor spirits, less milk sucking or refusal to feed, it is pathological jaundice and you should go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time.

Nursing methods for physiological jaundice

1. Drink boiled water.

Parents can feed their babies boiled water every morning and evening so that the baby can expel jaundice from the body while urinating. If your baby is drinking formula, you should give him water between meals.

2. Drink glucose.

When parents find that the newborn's jaundice index is very high, they can give the baby some glucose water. Just add glucose to the water and feed it to the baby.

3. Sunbathe.

Around 10 o'clock every morning, when the sun is not very strong, you can expose your baby to the sun. Try to expose the child's skin as much as possible, but be sure to protect the baby's eyes and don't expose them to the sun. In addition, you should also pay attention to keeping your baby warm and avoid catching a cold due to exposure to the sun or wind.