Hi,
My son is 7 days old ,his bilirubin report is as below
Bilirubin direct-0.65 mg/dl
Bilirubin indirect-12.28 mg/dl
Bilirubin total-12.93 mg/dl
Is that normal bilirubin for 7 days old?
Sunbath is suffice to reduce this?
His blood group is AB+
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Mention both mother’s and baby’s blood group next time and also current weight and birth weight.
According to NICE UK guidelines his levels don’t even fall in the phototherapy group .
Sunbath although quite popular doesn’t actually do anything to reduce bilirubin , it’s an old wives’ tale .
Next Steps
Timely feeds
Proper burping
Regular stooling
All these will help eliminate the bilirubin from his body .
What is weight of child
Preterm or fullterm?
For full term appropriate for gestational age baby this is report is okay for 7 day old baby.No need of admission and phototherapy.
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