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What's the best treatment for high bilirubin levels?

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UV light: Generally, this is a problem with newborns, where they have high bilirubin. In this setting, they are exposed to uv light to decrease it.

Answered 8/1/2016

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Hi dear Drs My newborn baby is 22 days age, It's skin is yellow, today Dr did a test bilirubin total is 7.0, bilirubin dir. is 1.7 and bilirubin indir.. is 5.3. Is this normal or does it require treatment. The Dr didn't prescribed medicine. Thanks?

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A member asked:

Newborn baby is 22 days age, It's skin is yellow, today Dr did a test bilirubin total is 7.0, bilirubin dir. is 1.7 and bilirubin indir.. is 5.3. Is this normal or does it require treatment. Please hele we don't have access to the medical care. Thank?

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