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5 days old son with Jaundice
Hi, this is Ganesh, I have a five days old son getting treated for jaundice with photo theraphy, present BILIRUBIN level is 15.4, yesterday it was 15.2, the day before it was 17.5 & the previous day 17.3, is it normal ? We are worried as yesterday in 6 hrs difference we saw a drop of 2 points & 24 hrs straight treatment the level has increased by 0.2, we were expecting it to be under 10 by now considering above scenario! Requesting your sugesstion
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The serum bilirubin is showing a declining trend so there should be no point of worry. Also it depends on blood group of mother & baby
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