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Could not eating or drinking for 13 or 14 hours cause a elevated bilirubin test which was ->22.all other liver function tests ok and i look/feel fine.
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May due to hemolysis: After draw blood, it sits there before it forms clot. At this time, some blood cells can lysis itself , makes the bilirubin increase. You can ask a lft test to differentiate direct and indirect bili.
Answered 3/4/2014
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