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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Suggest Treatment For Jaundice In 8 Day Old Baby

Hello DR. My 8 day old baby girl is suffering from jaundice(blood report measured 15.8) which is on bit higher level..she has been hospitalized & treated under light...i would like to know how severe it is & this treatment would help her...at the same time she was passing watery stool many times a day...according to the test conducted she has 15 pus cells with v little blood in her stool...DR here says that she is infected and undergoing an anti-biotic for the treatment...
Fri, 24 Oct 2014
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As for as jaundice is concernd it is physiological jaundice which happens in new born babbies and reading of 15 needs no worry treatment is a course of photothearpy followed by exposing the child to early morning sunlight appart from this if jaundice persists child be investigated further(rh or ABO incompatblity).regarding diarrhoea and pus cells in stool requires complete check up and proper treatment with IV antibiotics etc.
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Suggest Treatment For Jaundice In 8 Day Old Baby

As for as jaundice is concernd it is physiological jaundice which happens in new born babbies and reading of 15 needs no worry treatment is a course of photothearpy followed by exposing the child to early morning sunlight appart from this if jaundice persists child be investigated further(rh or ABO incompatblity).regarding diarrhoea and pus cells in stool requires complete check up and proper treatment with IV antibiotics etc.