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In my blood test report my bilirubin total was 1.39mg/dl. is it high or normal and how to reduce it. haemoglobin level is 14.7 gm%?

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Dr. Ed Friedlander answered

Sounds fine to me: You're a young man, i'm betting you feel fine, and you're not a bunch of numbers. This is high-end-of-normal, i'm going to assume it's mostly indirect, and several percent of folks run high because of gilbert's non-disease -- a variant biochemistry.

Answered 6/6/2018

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A member asked:

In my blood test report my bilirubin total was 1.39mg/dl. is it high or normal and how to reduce it. haemoglobin level is 14.7 gm%?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Ed Friedlander answered

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