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Direct bilirubin
Bilirubin - direct, indirect, and total provide some clues to the underlying disease process. The direct bilirubin has to processed further by the liver for excretion out of the body. Therefore, the direct bilirubin level is generally used as an indicator for the function and health of the liver.
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: direct bilirubin?
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A 16-year old male asked:
Direct bilirubin is 1 and indirect is 1. what does it mean?
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A 45-year old asked:
My direct bilirubin is 0.9, so is that still normal (i have no ill problems)?
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A 45-year old asked:
My value for direct bilirubin is 0.5 and indirect value is 1.00. Is it normal?
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A 40-year old asked:
What does this test result mean? Direct bilirubin 0.6
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A 43-year old male asked:
My total bilirubin is 1.5 and the direct bilirubin is 0.3 what does it mean?
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A 33-year old male asked:
My total bilirubin is 1.30 and direct bilirubin is 0.43 is it in normal range or need to worry?
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A 33-year old female asked:
My total bilirubin 2.06 and direct bilirubin 0.36 and indirect bilirubin 1.70 is this normal for me or what?
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A 20-year old female asked:
I have taken bilirubin and sgpt test twice My sgpt was earlier 40 and it reduced to 31 But direct bilirubin has increased and indirect is reduced?
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A male asked:
Can gilbert's also present with mildly elevated direct bilirubin (0.4-0.7)..with elevated total (1.4-2.2) Mostly indirect still some direct elevation?
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A 43-year old male asked:
What are normal total and direct bilirubin levels? Some say for total <1.0, <1.5, or <1.9. My lab used <1.0 and my total was 1.5. Direct was 0.2.
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A 44-year old male asked:
Is 0.2 a normal direct bilirubin? My lab used to use 0-0.4, now it's 0-0.2. Mine has been 0.2 for years, but total bill is 1.5. All else in range.
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A 48-year old asked:
Month old with high direct bilirubin? They say it's from my breastfeeding?
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A 17-year old male asked:
Total bilirubin 4.5. Direct bilirubin 0.9. All other liver functioning tests are normal. Why?
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A 17-year old male asked:
Total bilirubin- 4.5 direct bilirubin- 0.3. Is this ok? Liver functioning all normal other than that
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A 58-year old male asked:
High total and direct bilirubin - but two fibroscans state no liver disease. what's going on, here?!
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A 43-year old female asked:
Does this combination indicate anything significant: Low Total & Direct Bilirubin combined with High AST?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Direct bilirubin is 0.3 (rangeis 0-0.2), globulin-3.6 (range is 2.3-3.5) a/g ratio is 1.19 (range-120-2). Cbc is normal. Plz advise
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A male asked:
After gal bladder removal, my dad still gets large amount of fluid out. His direct bilirubin levels are too high. Worried much. Please advice?
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A 23-year old male asked:
I have high Total Bilirubin (1.68 mg/dl) & Direct Bilirubin (0.44 mg/dl) and will see Doctor. But what can I do myself to bring it back to normal?
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A 18-year old male asked:
Elevated ALT levels and alkaline phosphatase direct bilirubin is .2 not very old only 18 gained about 30 pounds in 3 months what do these test mean?
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A member asked about a male:
A 15 year old boy's total bilirubin is 0.8 and direct bilirubin 0.4. The total bilirubin is in range but direct bilirubin is slightly out of our lab range [0-0.3]. What might be the possible causes?
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A 21-year old female asked:
My liver function test is all normal except for my direct bilirubin its elevated. What could be the reason?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Total bilirubin: 45 umol (HIGH) Direct bilirubin: 15 umol (HIGH) Liver biopsy was normal. What could have caused it?
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A 35-year old male asked:
Previously AST ALT 202 198 and now AST 29 ALT 46 and total bilirubin is 1.15 and direct bilirubin is .52, pls. Explain?
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A 43-year old male asked:
If liver function tests show elevated levels of direct bilirubin (0.6)and delta bilirubin(0.6)can it be bad for the kidneys too?
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A member asked:
My wife 30 year . On check up we found direct bilirubin 0.62 mg/dl. & indirect bilirubin 1.77 with normal sgot & sgpt what this mean?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Total bilirubin 2.5 (Elevated), Direct bilirubin 0.5 (Elevated), Indirect bilirubin 2.0 (Elevated) All other liver enzymes normal. What causes this?
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A 43-year old male asked:
Are Esomeprazole capsules safe for the liver..when liver function tests show elevated direct bilirubin(0.6)and delta bilirubin(0.6)..?because many medicines metabolize in the liver?
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A 33-year old male asked:
I had Hepatitis A 5 years ago. Today I got from the lab: Total bilirubin 2.1 mg/dl, direct bilirubin 0.57 and indirect bilirubin 1.53. Is this normal after having HepA? I feel perfectly healthy, should I be worried?
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