If the skin of the newborn is yellow, then this is not entirely normal. Of course, the skin color of the newborn changes. If in the first minutes after birth the baby's skin is cyanotic or purple, then within a few hours it turns pink. The newly born child is covered with a kind of lubricant, this lubricant protected his skin in the womb. Obstetricians, after taking the baby, gently cleanse the skin of this lubricant, paying special attention to folds to protect the child from various infections.
It is quite normal if the skin of the newborn is covered with bruises or dilated vessels on the head, neck, upper eyelids, and the back of the nose. In a few days it will pass. Occasionally, the skin of a newborn baby may have a rash. Rash of newborns are small bubbles filled with liquid. These pimples pass by themselves after the sweat glands of the baby begin to work. Due to the restructuring of the entire circulatory system, the skin of the heels and hands of the newborn can also be a bluish tinge. Such phenomena disappear as soon as the baby begins to actively move the handles and legs.
In premature infants, the skin is usually bright pink or red, it looks very thin and seems to shine through. And this is not surprising, because the main stock of subcutaneous adipose tissue the baby accumulates already in the late stages of pregnancy.
From the end of the second or already on the third day after birth, the skin of almost all babies begins to turn yellow. So, jaundice of newborns is manifested. The skin of yellow color basically happens on the face, on a trunk, extremities and between scapulas. Also yellow at this time can be the whites of the eyes, the mucous membranes of the mouth and the skin of the feet and palms of the newborn. After several days (3 or 4) jaundice passes, begins to gradually decline, finally, the skin of the newborn becomes normal color (this happens after 2 weeks after childbirth).
Premature babies are more prone to jaundice than full-term infants, are more sensitive to its course. Jaundice occurs in all babies born before the due date. If you do not take appropriate measures, there is a risk of brain damage in premature infants. Jaundice of preterm infants is long, within 2-3 weeks.
Also on the skin of the newborn you can see small pale yellow dots that cover the tip and wings of the nose. These points disappear in the first months of the child's life, when the activity and work of the sebaceous glands are being established.
If the skin of the newborn is yellow immediately after birth, then it is a symptom of the newborn being susceptible to the following diseases: hemolytic disease, sepsis, cytomegalia, toxoplasmosis, hypothyroidism, hepatitis.
If the yellow color of the newborn's skin persists for a long time, it should also excite the parents, because the jaundice skin is a symptom of various diseases, for example, hypothyroidism.
If the pigmented spots of brown, black, blue or brown are present on the skin of the newborn, these children should be observed from a very early age in a dermatologist who, if necessary, will prescribe a course of treatment.
Sometimes a newborn has too pale skin, which indicates a birth trauma, hypoxia, damage to the cervical region. If the skin is pale for a long time, it may be that the newborn has anemia or congenital heart disease.
By the end of the first week of life, a newborn child may experience various infectious skin diseases. In such cases it is worth immediately contacting a doctor.
The child's skin should be carefully monitored and carefully taken care of, so that later there will not be diaper rash, sweating, scuffing. The skin of a newborn is extremely thin, tender, you need to protect it from external influences.