Should I drink more water if I have jaundice?

It is very common for babies to have jaundice. For most babies, the jaundice will disappear within a short period of time after care and it has no effect on their health. However, some people say that babies need to be fed more water during jaundice care, but some people do not think so. So should babies with jaundice drink more water? Regardless of the severity of jaundice, care must be carried out under the guidance of a doctor, and you need to ask a doctor how much water to drink.

Do babies with jaundice need to drink more water?

Babies with jaundice need to drink more water and get more sun exposure. They can also supplement with probiotics such as live Clostridium butyricum powder, which can promote the excretion of bilirubin, reduce the enterohepatic circulation of bilirubin, and eliminate jaundice as soon as possible. Some babies suffer from jaundice due to insufficient feeding, which causes increased blood bilirubin in the baby's body. At this time, the doctor will encourage the baby to drink more water to facilitate the excretion of bilirubin through urine and reduce jaundice. In fact, as long as the baby is full of milk, he has enough water. Be sure to make sure your baby is well fed. For breastfed babies, we recommend feeding them with a bottle (infant formula) every half a day.

If your family insists on feeding your baby glucose water, it is recommended that you feed your baby 10-15 ml each time, 2-3 times a day. It should not take up the baby's milk. Feed the baby the sugar water about 1 hour after breastfeeding.

Jaundice is quite common in the neonatal period. It is a phenomenon in which the skin, sclera or other organs of the newborn turn yellow due to the accumulation of bilirubin in the body. The reasons are multifaceted, both physiological and pathological. Some pathological jaundice can lead to damage to the central nervous system and cause bilirubin encephalopathy (also known as kernicterus), which is one of the main causes of cerebral palsy. Physiological jaundice is jaundice caused simply by the increase of serum unconjugated bilirubin due to the characteristics of bilirubin metabolism in newborns. Jaundice usually appears 2-3 days after birth, reaches a peak at 4-5 days, and is generally in good condition. Jaundice disappears within 2 weeks after birth in full-term infants and may be delayed to 3-4 weeks in premature infants. Pathological jaundice is caused by increased serum bilirubin (including unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia and conjugated hyperbilirubinemia) due to a variety of pathogenic factors. There are some obvious differences between physiological jaundice and pathological jaundice, and physiological jaundice can turn into pathological jaundice if not treated properly.