Neonatal jaundice usually not indication of health problems

Neonatal jaundice usually not indication of health problems

DEAR DOCTORS: When my nephew was born last year, he had something the doctors called neonatal jaundice. It went away after a few weeks, and he seemed fine. Then the same thing happened when I had my daughter. Why do babies get jaundice? Is it dangerous for them?

DEAR READER: Neonatal jaundice is a common condition in which a baby’s skin and eyes take on a yellowish tint within the first few days of birth. It occurs in up to two-thirds of all healthy newborns, and in the majority of…