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2019-09-12 18:34:57
Why new born babies have high haemoglobin level Please clear my doubt due to dehydration it Happens
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It is not due to dehydration. Babies have a different type of haemoglobin called foetal haemoglobin,this starts changing to adult haemoglobin and by the time the baby is a year old, the haemoglobin is of adult type. Foetal haemoglobin is not as efficient as adult haemoglobin in carrying oxygen and hence is in higher amounts.

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