Breast milk jaundice

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Hello doc My son is 15 days old 6days after birth his billirubin level is 27 after phototherapy it reduced to 12.5 again after two days it increased to 16 after phototherapy it came to 10.8 after stopping treatment it again increased to 12.8 doc told to stop mother feeding what is breast milk jaundice how it is treated in how many days does it go plz explain

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Dr. Susanta Kumar Saha

Pediatrician 11 yrs exp Guwahati

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Just stop breastfeeding for few days n again restart, it will come down.....but other causes r ruled out or what???

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Dr. Harit Bansal

Pediatrician 17 yrs exp Sonipat

This will go down with time

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Dr. Gaurav Gupta Pediatrician 24 yrs exp Mohali Consult Now · Accepted Answer

Dr. Gaurav Gupta

Pediatrician 24 yrs exp Mohali

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I don't think you need to do anything at present... This will reduce slowly on its own

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