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New Born Has Eyes And Body Parts Yellow, Suggested Oral Vitamin Drops. Is It High Potency Medicine ?
HI. My baby was born 3 day ago and his weight was 2.5 kg.and delivery was normal.he fwas fine in hospital and also doctor examined him before discharging from hospital. after one day we found his eyes and some body parts was yellow and we rushed to doctor and he suggest a oral drops Ora-ad 300 containing vitamin a 1500iu and vitamin d3 400iu.
we want to know is this medicine is high potency or low potency ? and in which conditions doctor suggest this medicine.
Hello, Your baby is having yellow coloration of eyes and skin indicates jaundice. Jaundice is usually physiological in nature. It usually starts by 3 rd day and resolves by 2 weeks. If it wont resolve or increase in severity treatment is required in the form of light therapy. Viatamin A and Vitamin D are not required for treatment of jaundice, they are indicated in treatment for their deficient conditions respectively.
Please do consult your child doctor regarding this, he will be able to guide you. Thank you
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New Born Has Eyes And Body Parts Yellow, Suggested Oral Vitamin Drops. Is It High Potency Medicine ?
Hello, Your baby is having yellow coloration of eyes and skin indicates jaundice. Jaundice is usually physiological in nature. It usually starts by 3 rd day and resolves by 2 weeks. If it wont resolve or increase in severity treatment is required in the form of light therapy. Viatamin A and Vitamin D are not required for treatment of jaundice, they are indicated in treatment for their deficient conditions respectively. Please do consult your child doctor regarding this, he will be able to guide you. Thank you