Sentences with phrase «do phototherapy»

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I have done both in - home and in - hospital phototherapy with mine.

If they do need interventions to prevent their levels from increasing, phototherapy (light therapy) is usually performed in a hospital setting, plus either formula supplementation or intravenous fluid and / or a feeding tube.

One way to do this is with phototherapy, where your baby's skin is exposed to a special blue light.

Phototherapy is usually done in a hospital, but sometimes babies can be treated at home.

Phototherapy is considered safe and usually does the trick to reducing bilirubin levels.

So if phototherapy is needed, it's important to do everything you can to stay close to him, and continue to breastfeed frequently.

A blood test that checks for liver disease is done before phototherapy is started.

Most jaundice needs no treatment, but when it does, phototherapy (light therapy) is considered very safe and effective: Placing a baby naked in a bassinet, with his eyes covered, under blue «bililights» often does the trick, because ultraviolet light changes the bilirubin to a form that the baby can more easily dispose of in his urine.

This should be monitored and if the levels of bilirubin do happen to become too high, they may need a treatment called phototherapy.

(It does not apply to spray - on tanning services, topical creams and lotions, physical fitness facilities that meet specific criteria, or to phototherapy services performed at licensed medical practices.)